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Mining in Latin America

Critical Approaches to the New Extraction

Kalowatie Deonandan Michael L. Dougherty

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English
Routledge
25 July 2016
The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global south, especially in Latin America. This shift has brought mining more visibly into global public debates and spurred a great deal of controversy and conflict. This volume assembles new scholarship that provides critical perspectives on these issues.

The book marshals original, empirical work from leading social scientists in a variety of disciplines to address a range of questions about the practices of mining companies on the ground, the impacts of mining on host communities, and the responses to mining from communities, civil society and states. The book further explores the global and international causes, consequences and innovations of this new era of mining activity in Latin America. Key issues include the role of Canadian mining companies and their investment in the region, and, to a lesser extent, the role of Chinese mining capital. Several chapters take a regional perspective, while others are based on empirical data from specific countries including Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   566g
ISBN:   9781138921672
ISBN 10:   113892167X
Series:   Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
Pages:   310
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary ,  A / AS level
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kalowatie Deonandan is Associate Professor of Political Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Michael L. Dougherty is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University, USA.

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