Resource Extraction and Contentious States Mining and the Politics of Scale in the Pacific Islands /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Allen, Matthew G. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Environmental sociology.; Natural resources.; Environmental policy.; Environmental Sociology.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Environmental Politics.

This Pivot offers a comprehensive cross-country study of the effects of large-scale resource extraction in Asia Pacific, considering how large-scale extractive industries engender contentious social, political and economic questions. Addressing the strong association in Melanesia between extractive...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Panguna and the Bougainville Crisis
• Reopening Panguna
• The Solomon Islands "Tension"
• Mining in Contemporary Solomon Islands
• Conclusion.