This academic review of more than 200 articles, books and reports sheds light to why and
how do communities resist mining and how do their forms of resistance change over time …

The resource curse literature has necessarily evolved in a rather fragmented way. While
economists, political economists and political scientists have largely focused on the role of …

This paper builds on the case study work into conflict between mining firms and nearby
communities through a statistical analysis of the determinants of social conflict at the local …

Indigenous peoples (IPs) worldwide are confronted by the increasing threat of pollution.
Based on a comprehensive review of the literature (n= 686 studies), we present the current …

Indigenous Peoples are custodians of many of the world's least-exploited natural areas.
These places of local and global socio-ecological importance face significant threats from …

The emergence of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the extractive industries
represents a bid to legitimize the sector after decades of environmental disasters and the …

This article examines corporate social responsibility (CSR) through the lens of political
ontology. We contend that CSR is not only a discursive mean of legitimization but an …

The role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in fostering or undermining development
within poor communities in developing countries has been a subject of intensive debate …

Negotiated agreements play a critical role in setting the conditions under which resource
development occurs on Indigenous land. Our understanding of what determines the …

This review article makes six observations about the current body of research on the societal
impacts of a changing Arctic. First, climate change and globalisation are the dominant …