The Politics of Resource Extraction

International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activities on the livelihood of indigenous communities. This volume examines mega resource extraction projects in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chad, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines.

Suzana Sawyer is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis, USA. She is the author of Crude Chronicles: Indigenous Politics, Multinational Oil and Neoliberalism in Ecuador and numerous articles. Her current work examines a long-standing transnational lawsuit on alleged oil contamination. Edmund Terence Gomez is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Previously, he has held appointments at Leeds University, Murdoch University, Kobe University and Unrisd in Geneva, Switzerland. His publications include Political Business in East Asia and The State, Development and Identity in Multi-ethnic Countries: Ethnicity, Equity and the Nation.

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. viii
Preface and Acknowledgements	p. xii
Notes on Contributors	p. xv
Transnational Governmentality in the Context of Resource Extraction	p. 1
On Indigenous Identity and a Language of Rights	p. 9
State, Capital, Multinational Institutions, and Indigenous Peoples	p. 33
Indigenous Rights, Mining Corporations, and the Australian State	p. 46
Extracting Justice: Natural Gas, Indigenous Mobilization, and the Bolivian State	p. 75
The Broker State and the 'Inevitability' of Progress: The Camisea Project and Indigenous Peoples in Peru	p. 103
Development, Power, and Identity Politics in the Philippines	p. 129
The Nigerian State, Multinational Oil Corporations, and the Indigenous Communities of the Niger Delta	p. 153
Identity, Power, and Development: The Kondhs in Orissa, India	p. 180
Public-Private Partnership and Institutional Capture: The State, International Institutions, and Indigenous Peoples in Chad and Cameroon	p. 204
Identity, Power, and Rights: The State, International Institutions, and Indigenous Peoples in Canada	p. 230
Conclusion: Attending to the Paradox: Public Governance and Inclusive International Platforms	p. 253
International Conventions and IFI Policies on Indigenous Rights	p. 261
Cross-Section of Domestic Legislation Pertaining to Indigenous Rights	p. 268
Legal Institutions and Authorities for the Enforcement of Indigenous Rights	p. 274
Bibliography	p. 283
Index	p. 307
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The Politics of Resource Extraction Indigenous Peoples, Multinational Corporations and the State

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