Mining capitalism: the relationship between corporations and their critics

Corporations 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 natur...

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1. Verfasser: Kirsch, Stuart (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, Calif. University of California Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:Corporations 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
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ISBN:9780520957596

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