The Politics of Resource Extraction

1. Front Matter

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2. Transnational Governmentality in the Context of Resource Extraction

   • Suzana Sawyer, Edmund Terence Gomez

   Pages 1-8

3. On Indigenous Identity and a Language of Rights

   • Suzana Sawyer, Edmund Terence Gomez

   Pages 9-32

4. State, Capital, Multinational Institutions, and Indigenous Peoples

   • Edmund Terence Gomez, Suzana Sawyer

   Pages 33-45

5. Indigenous Rights, Mining Corporations, and the Australian State

   • Jon Altman

   Pages 46-74

6. Extracting Justice: Natural Gas, Indigenous Mobilization, and the Bolivian State

   • Thomas Perreault

   Pages 75-102

7. The Broker State and the ‘Inevitability’ of Progress: The Camisea Project and Indigenous Peoples in Peru

   • Patricia Urteaga-Crovetto

   Pages 103-128

8. Development, Power, and Identity Politics in the Philippines

   • Raymundo D. Rovillos, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

   Pages 129-152

9. The Nigerian State, Multinational Oil Corporations, and the Indigenous Communities of the Niger Delta

   • Ben Naanen

   Pages 153-179

10. Identity, Power, and Development: The Kondhs in Orissa, India

    • Virginius Xaxa

    Pages 180-203

11. Public-Private Partnership and Institutional Capture: The State, International Institutions, and Indigenous Peoples in Chad and Cameroon

    • Korinna Horta

    Pages 204-229

12. Identity, Power, and Rights: The State, International Institutions, and Indigenous Peoples in Canada

    • Megan Davis

    Pages 230-252

13. Conclusion: Attending to the Paradox: Public Governance and Inclusive International Platforms

    • Suzana Sawyer, Edmund Terence Gomez

    Pages 253-260

14. Back Matter

    Pages 261-314

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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.

• Indigenous
• resource
• extraction
• state
• corporations
• institutions
• multi-national companies
• relations
• development
• Governance
• government
• Institution
• International institutions
• United Nations
• World Bank

"Indispensable reading for anyone working at the fraught intersection of extractive industry and indigenous peoples." - Stuart Kirsch, University of Michigan, USA and author of Mining Capitalism

"Scrutinizing the intricate and complex politics of resource extraction involving indigenous communities, multinational corporations, and domestic and multilateral government institutions across the globe, this well-crafted edited volume brings together case studies from around the globe. Each narrative of indigenous struggles with extractive industries and state hegemonies featured in this collection tells a common and sad story of indigenous marginalization, disadvantage, and plight. The breadth and scope of this piece of work will not only provoke thought and stimulate insights but will spur indigenous activism. It is indeed a compelling read." - Alberto G. Gomes, La Trobe University, Australia

• University of California, Davis, USA

  Suzana Sawyer

• University of Malaya, Malaysia

  Edmund Terence Gomez

JON ALTMAN Director and Professor at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research of the Australian National University MEGAN DAVIS Senior Lecturer at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning of the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia KORINNA HORTA Senior environmental economist for the international programme of Environmental Defense, Washington, DC, USA BEN NAANEN Professor in the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies of the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria THOMAS PERREAULT Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University, USA RAYMUNDO D. ROVILLOS Associate Professor of History and Dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of the Philippines, Banguio VICTORIA TAULI-CORPUZ Executive Director of the Tebtebba Foundation, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Convenor of the Asian Indigenous Women's Network PATRICIA URTEAGA-CROVETTO Lecturer at the Pontificial Catholic University of Peru, and National Coordinator of the 'Concertación' and 'GIRH-Perú' Projects VIRGINIUS XAXA Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics of the University of Delhi, India

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