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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974876503321

Titolo

Environmental impacts of transnational corporations in the global south / / edited by Paul Cooney and William Sacher Freslon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

United Kingdom : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

9781787560369

1787560368

9781787560345

1787560341

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 pages)

Collana

Research in political economy, , 0161-7230 ; ; volume 33

Disciplina

338.927091724

Soggetti

International business enterprises - Moral and ethical aspects - Developing countries

Social responsibility of business - Developing countries

Business & Economics - Corporate Finance - General

Business ethics & social responsibility

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



activity; the impact of transnational capital on indigenous populations, and the role played by international institutions,.