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Undermining resistance : the governance of participation by multinational mining corporations / Lian Sinclair.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sinclair, Lian, author.
Series:
Progress in political economy
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mineral industries--Social aspects--Indonesia.
Mineral industries.
Environmental protection--Indonesia--Citizen participation.
Environmental protection.
Activism--Indonesia.
Activism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Place of Publication:
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
Summary:
"Why do multinational mining corporations use participation to undermine resistance? Do the struggles of local communities, activists and NGOs matter on a global scale? Why are there so many different global standards in mining?This book develops a new critical political economy approach to studying extractive accumulation, drawing on three detailed Indonesian cases to explain how participatory mechanisms continuously reshape and are reshaped by community-corporate conflict. Findings highlight feedback between local social relations, conflict, transnational activism, crises of legitimacy and global governance.The author argues that corporate social responsibility, community development, ‘gender-mainstreaming’ and environmental monitoring are neither simple outcomes of corporate ethics nor mere greenwashing strategies. Rather, participation is a mechanism to undermine resistance and create social relations amenable to extractive accumulation."-- From JSTOR.
Contents:
Extractive accumulation and modes of participation
Global governance, crises and resistance in extractive accumulation
Contesting extractivism in Indonesia
Violence and participation at Rio Tinto’s Kelian mine
Participation, gold and governance in Gosowong
Iron resistance in coastal Kulon Progo .
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 17, 2026).
Other Format:
Print version: Sinclair, Lian. Undermining resistance.
ISBN:
9781526173348
1526173344
OCLC:
1472829987
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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