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UNINA9910974876503321 |
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Titolo |
Environmental impacts of transnational corporations in the global south / / edited by Paul Cooney and William Sacher Freslon |
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United Kingdom : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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ISBN |
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9781787560369 |
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9781787560345 |
1787560341 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 pages) |
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Collana |
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Research in political economy, , 0161-7230 ; ; volume 33 |
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Soggetti |
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International business enterprises - Moral and ethical aspects - Developing countries |
Social responsibility of business - Developing countries |
Business & Economics - Corporate Finance - General |
Business ethics & social responsibility |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prelims -- Introduction -- Part I Extractive industries, social conflict and dispossession in the global south -- Transnational mining and accumulation by dispossession -- Mining giants, indigenous peoples and art: challenging settler colonialism in Northern Australia through story painting -- Ecological-economic narratives for resisting extractive industries in Africa -- Petroleum accidents in the global south -- Part II Environmental conflicts and transnational value chains in the global south -- Transnational corporations, violence and suffering: the environmental, public health and social impacts from comparative case studies in Zimbabwe and Uganda -- Environmental injustice in Northeast Brazil: the Pecém industrial and shipping complex -- Family farming, the environment and the global food chain -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume explores the impact of Transnational Corporations (TNCs) on the environment of the Global South during this period of neoliberal globalization. It develops themes around transnational extractive |
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