What happened when Chevron, a multinational mining company, opened a
gas plant right next to densely populated villages in rural
Bangladesh?
This book reveals contradictory ways that local people attempt to
connect to, and are disconnected by, foreign capital. Commentators on
the situation have different frameworks, whether of dispossession and
scarcity, the success of Corporate Social Responsibility, or
imperialist exploitation and corruption. Yet as Gardner argues, what
really matters in the struggles over resources is which of these
stories are heard, and the power of those who tell them.
Based on the narratives of dispossessed land owners, urban activists,
mining officials and the rural landless, Discordant Development shows
the real picture behind the effect multinational capital has on
indigenous communities.
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ISBN
9781849647076
Publisert
2016
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Vendor
Pluto Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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