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The Politics of Power: Freeport in Suharto's Indonesia - Couverture souple

Leith, Denise

 
9780824825669: The Politics of Power: Freeport in Suharto's Indonesia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0824825667 ISBN 13 : 9780824825669
Editeur : University of Hawai'i Press, 2002

Synopsis

Even as Major General Suharto consolidated his power in the bloodletting of the mid-sixties, Freeport-McMoRan, the American transnational mining company, signed a contract with the new military regime, the first foreign company to do so. Today, in the isolated jungles of West Papua, a region that is increasingly restive under Indonesian rule, Freeport lays claim to the world's largest gold mine and one of its richest and most profitable copper mines. This volume is the first major analysis of the company's presence in Indonesia. It takes a close and detailed look at the changing nature of power relations between Freeport and Suharto, the Indonesian military, the traditional landowners (the Amungme and Kamoro), and environmental and human rights groups. It examines how and why an American company, despite such rigorous home-state laws, was able to operate in West Papua with impunity for nearly thirty years and adapt to, indeed thrive in, a business culture anchored in corruption, collusion, and nepotism.

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À propos de l'auteur

Denise Leith has a Ph.D. in politics from Macquarie University, Sydney.

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Éditeur
University of Hawai'i Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0824825667
ISBN 13 
9780824825669
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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