What happened when Chevron, a multinational mining company, opened a gas plant right next to densely populated villages in rural Bangladesh? This book reveals contradictory ways that local people attempt to connect to, and are disconnected by, foreign capital. Commentators on the situation have different frameworks, whether of dispossession and scarcity, the success of Corporate Social Responsibility, or imperialist exploitation and corruption. Yet as Gardner argues, what really matters in the struggles over resources is which of these stories are heard, and the power of those who tell them. Based on the narratives of dispossessed land owners, urban activists, mining officials and the rural landless, Discordant Development shows the real picture behind the effect multinational capital has on indigenous communities.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pluto Press
ISBN-13
9780745331492
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111549090
Product Key Features
Author
Katy Gardner
Publication Name
Discordant Development: Global Capitalism and the Struggle for Connection in Bangladesh
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology, Management, Business
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
215mm
Item Width
135mm
Item Weight
350g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Katy Gardner
Series Title
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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