Gold Mining and the Discourses of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Andrews, Nathan (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Political economy.; Africa-Politics and government.; Social responsibility of business.; Natural resources.; Economic development.; Public policy.; International Political Economy.; African Politics.; Corporate Social Responsibility.; Natural Resources.; Development Studies.; Public Policy.

This book critically examines the practice and meanings of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and how the movement has facilitated a positive and somewhat unquestioned image of the global corporation. Drawing on extensive fieldwork material collected in Ghanaian communities located around the pro...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Chapter 1 Gold Mining and CSR: Responsibility to Whom and for What
• 2. Chapter 2 "We need social licence to actually mine and we believe communities are part of what we do": Contested Corporate Citizenship
• 3. Chapter 3 "We want to bring everyone on board but it's quite difficult": Responsibilization via the Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation
• 4. Chapter 4 "A woman can also speak out": Gendered Perspectives on Responsibilization
• 5. Chapter 5 "There is no yardstick to measure [our performance] with": A Global Movement for Institutionalizing Unaccountability
• 6. Chapter 6 The Bigger Picture: Implications for De-Responsibilization and Re-Responsibilization.