Moving Mountains: Communities Confront Mining and Globalization - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 184277199X ISBN 13 : 9781842771990

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Moving Mountains is about campaigns challenging the power, priorities and practices of global mining corporations. Transnational mining companies are key agents of corporate globalisation. They are often larger than national economies, and dominate governments, local peoples and their environments, creating local fiefdoms dedicated to the single purpose of extracting resources. In response, affected peoples and non-government organisations are creating new agendas for change, marking out visions and pathways for social and environmental justice. Moving Mountains brings together authors from a wide range of backgrounds discussing experiences, strategies and key issues in the globalisation debate. What is the current situation of mining-affected communities and environments around the world? What is the potential for opposing mining and globalisation? Where are the weak links in the corporate chain, and how can they be broken? Here are accounts from Canada, Australia, Bougainville, the US and the Philippines. David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World, explores the predatory nature of transnational mining corporations. Indigenous people affected by mining, including Moses Havini of Bougainville and Jacqui Katona of Jabiluka, Australia, describe their first-hand experiences confronting the impacts of corporate mining. Campaigners from non-governmental organisations discuss ways of regulating mining corporations and using financial power to ensure environmental and social protection. There is discussion of corporate public relations and 'green wash', and debate about how campaigns by labour, national liberation, indigenous, human rights and environmental organisations, can force corporations to become more accountable. Moving Mountains is an accessible introduction to globalisation debates, grounded in a critical analysis of mining corporations. It will inform and inspire readers seeking a greater understanding of the issues of globalisation, mining, and the possibilities for change.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Geoff Evans is Director, Mineral Policy Institute, Sydney. He is an environmental scientist and social ecologist, and has worked on mining and environmental justice issues with Aboriginal people in Central Australia, and in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. He is an NGO representative on the Australian Government's Best Practice Environmental management in Mining Steering Committee. James Goodman is a lecturer in international political economy and cultural studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney. He is active in several campaign organisations, including being on the boards of Aid/Watch and the Mineral Policy Institute. He has co-edited several books on social movements, including 'Protest and Globalisation: Prospects for Transnational Solidarity' (Pluto Press, 2001), 'Stopping a Juggernaut: Public Interests versus the Multilateral Agreement on Investment' (2000) and 'Dis/agreeing Ireland: Obstacles, Hopes' (1998). Nina Lansbury is the Research Coordinator at the Mineral Policy Institute, Sydney. She is currently working on issues of mining in Socially Responsible Investment portfolios, coordinating an online, international database of mining companies and projects, and monitoring the role of mining companies in globalisation. Her background is in environmental science and Indonesian studies, and her previous work has involved environmental journalism, environmental education and socio-environmental research.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184277199X
• ISBN 13: 9781842771990
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Éditeur: Lansbury Nina, Evans Geoff, Goodman Doctor James
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• Personne responsable: non disponible