Mining Capitalism: The Relationship between Corporations and Their CriticsCorporations are among the most powerful institutions of our time, but they are also responsible for a wide range of harmful social and environmental impacts. Consequently, political movements and nongovernmental organizations increasingly contest the risks that corporations pose to people and nature. Mining Capitalism examines the strategies through which corporations manage their relationships with these critics and adversaries. By focusing on the conflict over the Ok Tedi copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea, Stuart Kirsch tells the story of a slow-moving environmental disaster and the international network of indigenous peoples, advocacy groups, and lawyers that sought to protect local rivers and rain forests. Along the way, he analyzes how corporations promote their interests by manipulating science and invoking the discourses of sustainability and social responsibility. Based on two decades of anthropological research, this book is comparative in scope, showing readers how similar dynamics operate in other industries around the world. |
Contents
| 1 | |
| 15 | |
2 The Politics of Space | 53 |
3 Down by Law | 84 |
4 Corporate Science | 127 |
5 Industry Strikes Back | 159 |
6 New Politics of Time | 188 |
Conclusion | 224 |
Epilogue | 235 |
Timeline | 239 |
Notes | 245 |
| 261 | |
| 289 | |
Other editions - View all
Mining Capitalism: The Relationship Between Corporations and Their Critics Stuart Kirsch Limited preview - 2014 |
Mining Capitalism: The Relationship Between Corporations and Their Critics Stuart Kirsch Limited preview - 2014 |
Common terms and phrases
activists agreement Alex Maun areas argued Australian BHP Billiton BHP’s Bougainville campaign capital challenge claims CMCAs compensation concerns Conservation copper corporations court critics Dair Gabara decision discharging tailings economic environment environmental impacts extractive industry Filer fish Fly River forest Freeport funds Gabara global gold human rights informed consent investment Kirsch Kiunga land lawsuit lawyers legal proceedings living downstream lower Ok Tedi ment million minerals Mines and Communities mining company mining conflicts mining industry mining projects NGOs Ok Tedi Mining Ok Tedi River operations organizations OTML Panguna Papua New Guinea participants plaintiffs pollution Porgera Port Moresby potential relationship resource curse response result Rex Dagi Rio Tinto risk river system settlement shareholder Slater & Gordon social standards strategies Sustainable Development Tabubil tailings containment tailings dam Tedi and Fly Tedi Mining Ltd tion tobacco industry transnational village West Papua World Bank Yonggom