Corporations and counterinsurgency [[electronic resource] /] / William Rosenau ... [et al.]
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| Titolo: |
Corporations and counterinsurgency [[electronic resource] /] / William Rosenau ... [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (56 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.325/17 |
| Soggetto topico: | International business enterprises - Political aspects |
| Corporations, Foreign - Political aspects | |
| Non-governmental organizations - Political aspects | |
| Private military companies | |
| Counterinsurgency | |
| International relations | |
| Altri autori: |
RosenauWilliam
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures and Table; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE - Introduction; CHAPTER TWO - Doing Business in Zones of Conflict; "State-Building"; "Soft" Security Measures; Community Relations; The Bottom Line: Risk Reduction; CHAPTER THREE - Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta; The Conflict Environment; Shell Nigeria's Conflict-Mitigation Strategy; Assessing Shell Nigeria's Response; CHAPTER FOUR - Firestone in Liberia; The Conflict Environment; Firestone's Strategy During the 1980s; Firestone's Approach in the 1990s; Firestone's Post-2000 Strategy |
| Assessing Firestone's ResponseCHAPTER FIVE - Placer Dome in Papua New Guinea; The Conflict Environment; Placer Dome's Conflict-Mitigation Strategy; Social Strategies; Assessing Placer Dome's Response; CHAPTER SIX - Conclusion; APPENDIX - Responses in Conflict Zones; References | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Multinational corporations can be significant actors in zones of violent conflict. Corporate actions to shape their environment can sometimes mitigate conflict, but as the authors show in their case studies, corporate activities can help generate and sustain violence. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Corporations and counterinsurgency |
| ISBN: | 1-282-39860-1 |
| 9786612398605 | |
| 0-8330-4901-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910219983803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; ; OP-259.