Hi everyone, I'm organizing a panel on mining for next year's ISA. Draft abstract below. If you're interested in contributing a paper, please let me know by Saturday, May 20th.
best, dgwebster Panel title: Power disconnects and the rule of outlaws in international mining. There are very few formal international rules governing mining. This is partly because minerals, etc. are not thought of as shared or global commons resources. However, mining is dominated by transnational corporations and can have major impacts in international environmental issues, including climate change, water scarcity, and biodiversity. With increasing demand for resources, mining is also moving into marine areas, where both domestic and international environmental impacts are poorly understood. Furthermore, mining is notorious for poor labor standards and is often the cause of economic exploitation of local peoples and their environment, which brings in international issues related to human rights and sustainable development. Papers on this panel delve into the structure of power associated with mining governance in several different countries. Most show how the marginalization of mining communities contributes to the relatively lawless nature of mining practices. However, a few demonstrate that better democratic representation of local peoples can improve both environmental and human rights aspects of mining governance. In her overview paper, Webster argues that expanded democratic processes in mining countries around the world may be the only way to curb the "outlaw" nature of mining globally. -- D.G. Webster Associate Professor Environmental Studies Program Dartmouth College 6182 Steele Hall Hanover, NH 03755 phone: 603-646-0213 http://sites.dartmouth.edu/websterlab -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
