When communities confront corporations : comparing Shell's presence in Ireland and Nigeria / by Austin Onuoha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Onuoha, Austin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shell Oil Company.

Mineral industries--Nigeria.

Mineral industries.

Mineral industries--Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In April of 2005 Shell sought an injunction in a Dublin court against residents of Erris in northwestern Republic of Ireland who were obstructing the laying of pipelines across their lands. On June 29, 2005 the court convicted and jailed five people for failing to comply with the order of the High Court restraining them from interfering with Shell's project. When Communities Confront Corporations examines the issues and events that led to the incarceration of the Rossport Five and how it resonates with events in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It argues that conflicts between communities and corporations, though pervasive, do not appear to receive adequate scholarly attention. The book compares the altercations between Shell and the Erris communities in Ireland and the responses to these conflicts, with similar conflicts generated in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria by the presence of the oil giant. It challenges the so-called conspiracy theory, which is often associated with the oil company's operations in the Niger Delta and argues that the key difference between the two sets of conflicts and responses to them is the context.

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612030895

9781912234103

1912234106

9781282030893

1282030892

OCLC:

319940311