Undermining Resistance: The Governance of Participation by Multinational Mining Corporations

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Lian Sinclair

Undermining Resistance

The Governance of Participation by Multinational Mining Corporations

Lian Sinclair

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Manchester University Press
20 January 2026

Political economy; Economic systems & structures; Mining industry; Social impact of environmental issues

Series: Progress in Political Economy

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.

By: Lian Sinclair
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 333g
ISBN: 9781526197917
ISBN 10: 152619791X
Series: Progress in Political Economy
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 20 January 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Lian Sinclair is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney and Honorary Research Fellow, Indo-Pacific Research Centre, at Murdoch University