Environmental impacts of transnational corporations in the global south / edited by Paul Cooney and William Sacher Freslon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooney, Paul, 1957- editor.

Freslon, William Sacher, editor.

Series:

Research in political economy ; 0161-7230 v. 33.

Research in political economy, 0161-7230 ; volume 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Moral and ethical aspects--Developing countries.

International business enterprises.

Social responsibility of business--Developing countries.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, [2019]

Summary:

This volume explores the impact of Transnational Corporations (TNCs) on the environment of the Global South during this period of neoliberal globalization. It develops themes around transnational extractive activity; the impact of transnational capital on indigenous populations, and the role played by international institutions,.

Contents:

Prelims

Introduction

Part I Extractive industries, social conflict and dispossession in the global south

Transnational mining and accumulation by dispossession

Mining giants, indigenous peoples and art: challenging settler colonialism in Northern Australia through story painting

Ecological-economic narratives for resisting extractive industries in Africa

Petroleum accidents in the global south

Part II Environmental conflicts and transnational value chains in the global south

Transnational corporations, violence and suffering: the environmental, public health and social impacts from comparative case studies in Zimbabwe and Uganda

Environmental injustice in Northeast Brazil: the Pecém industrial and shipping complex

Family farming, the environment and the global food chain

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781787560369

1787560368

9781787560345

1787560341

OCLC:

1241837904