Governance in the Extractive Industries

Taylor & Francis

Governance in the Extractive IndustriesPower, Cultural Politics and Regulation\nAuthor(s): Lori Leonard, Siba N. Grovogui\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367351373, 978-0367351373\nSynopsis\nGreater understanding of the forms and consequences of investment and disinvestment in the extractive industries is required as a result of capitalist expansion, recent declines in global commodity prices, and claims that extractive sector projects, especially in the global south, are poverty reduction projects. This book explores emergent forms of governance in mining and extractive industry projects around the world. \n\nChapters examine efforts to govern extractive activities across multiple political scales, through intermediaries, instruments, technologies, discourses, and infrastructures. The contributions analyse how multiple micro-processes of rule reverberate through societies to shape the material conditions of ev.