Discordant Development

Global Capitalism and the Struggle for Connection in Bangladesh

AvKaty Gardner

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Del i serien Anthropology, Culture and Society

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-02-17
Mått:135 x 215 x 17 mm
Vikt:370 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Anthropology, Culture and Society
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745331492

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Katy Gardner is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and the author of Global Migrants, Local Lives (Oxford University Press, 1995), Discordant Development (Pluto, 2012) and Anthropology and Development (Pluto, 2015).

Recensioner i media

'Treads a finely judged line, keeping both neoliberal developers and anti-globalisation activists at arm's length in order to describe relations at a human scale, thereby doing for development what anthropology ought'

Innehållsförteckning

1. Discordant developments: an introduction 2. Histories of connection: colonialism, migration and multinationals3. Material Connections: Resources and Livelihoods in Duniyapur4. Our Own Poor: Social Connections, ‘Helping’ and Claims to Entitlement5. Claims of Partnership and Ethical Connection : Chevron’s Programme of ‘Community Engagement’ 6. Rumour and Activism: Politics Break Out7. Blow Out! Stories of Disconnection and Loss BibliographyIndex