Corporations and counterinsurgency / William Rosenau ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenau, William.

Series:

Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-259.

Occasional paper ; OP-259

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Political aspects.

International business enterprises.

Corporations, Foreign--Political aspects.

Corporations, Foreign.

Non-governmental organizations--Political aspects.

Non-governmental organizations.

Private military companies.

Counterinsurgency.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (56 p.)

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Multinational corporations can be significant actors in zones of violent conflict. Corporate actions to shape their environment can sometimes mitigate conflict, but as the authors show in their case studies, corporate activities can help generate and sustain violence.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures and Table; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE - Introduction; CHAPTER TWO - Doing Business in Zones of Conflict; "State-Building"; "Soft" Security Measures; Community Relations; The Bottom Line: Risk Reduction; CHAPTER THREE - Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta; The Conflict Environment; Shell Nigeria's Conflict-Mitigation Strategy; Assessing Shell Nigeria's Response; CHAPTER FOUR - Firestone in Liberia; The Conflict Environment; Firestone's Strategy During the 1980s; Firestone's Approach in the 1990s; Firestone's Post-2000 Strategy

Assessing Firestone's ResponseCHAPTER FIVE - Placer Dome in Papua New Guinea; The Conflict Environment; Placer Dome's Conflict-Mitigation Strategy; Social Strategies; Assessing Placer Dome's Response; CHAPTER SIX - Conclusion; APPENDIX - Responses in Conflict Zones; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-39860-1

9786612398605

0-8330-4901-1

OCLC:

593209678