Contested extractivism, society and the state : struggles over mining and land /
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| Language: | English |
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This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature,
[2017]
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| Series: | Development, justice and citizenship.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on the Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contested Extractivism, Society and the State: An Introduction; Contentious Politics, Spatial Dimensions and the Political Ecology of Extractivism; The Relationship Between Society and State, State Spaces and Democracy; About the Book; References; Reimagining Extractivism: Insights from Spatial Theory; Introduction; What Is Extractivism?; Theorising the Spatiality of Extractivism; Pathways Towards Re-spatialising Extractivism; The Production of Extractive Spaces; Heterotopic Extractivism
- Local States/Spaces of Exception Conclusions; References; Beyond Curse and Blessing: Rentier Society in Venezuela; Introduction; Natural Resources, Rents and Development: An Overview of Scholarly Debates; Shortcomings of the Current Rentier and Resource Curse Debate; Beyond Curse and Blessing: Analytical Starting Points for a Deeper Understanding of Rentier Societies; A Crucial Case Study: Venezuela's Rentier Society; The Distribution of Rent Income in Venezuela; Reclaiming the Rent: Oil and Venezuelan Society; Conclusions; References
- Ghana
- Big Man, Big Envelope, Finish: Chinese Corporate Exploitation in Small-Scale MiningIntroduction; Context: Gold Mining in Ghana; Shaanxi Mining (Ghana) Limited and Resource Conflict; 'Police Arrests (sic.) Assembly Member and 11 Others for Rioting' ; Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Upper East and the Arrival of SMGHL; Resistance and Conflict; State Response; Outcomes of Resource Conflict; Corporate Theft?; State Collusion; Opposition Failure; Local Community Fractured; Explaining Outcomes: Corruption, Informality and Neoliberalisation; Corruption; Informality
- Neoliberal Resource GovernanceState Reconstruction; Marketisation of Social Relations; Conclusion; References; Small-Scale Gold Mining and the State in the Philippines; Introduction; The Informal (Mining) Economy: A Sign of State Weakness?; Joint Extraction Regimes in Compostela Valley's Underground Economy; Stability and Friction on the Upland Frontier; The Advancing Small-Scale Mining Frontier; The Emergence of a Barangay-Centred Regulatory Order; From Brokerage to Informal Formalisation ; Coercion, Legitimacy, and Reciprocity in Joint Extraction Regimes
- Mineral Resource Governance and Conflicting Processes of State FormationJoint Extraction Regimes as a Product of Decentralised State-Building; The Expansion of Large-Scale Mining and the Destabilisation of the Mineral Frontier; Diwalwal, Monkayo Municipality ; Pantukan; Conclusion; References; Politics of Scale and Struggles over Mining in Colombia; Introduction; Mining and the Politics of Scale; Participatory Citizenship and Spaces for Participation; Mining and Scalar (Re)configurations in Colombia; Mining Regulations and State Rescaling Decentralisation, Democratisation and Recentralisation