{"product_id":"undermining-resistance-by-lian-sinclair-9781526173331","title":"Undermining Resistance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy do multinational mining corporations use participation to undermine resistance? Do the struggles of local communities, activists, and NGOs matter on a global scale? Why are there so many different global standards in mining?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUndermining Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e develops a new critical political economy approach to studying extractive accumulation. It draws on three detailed Indonesian cases to explain how participatory mechanisms continuously reshape and are reshaped by community-corporate conflict. Findings highlight the feedback between local social relations, conflict, transnational activism, crises of legitimacy, and global governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author argues that corporate social responsibility, community development, 'gender-mainstreaming,' and environmental monitoring are neither simple outcomes of corporate ethics nor mere greenwashing strategies. Rather, participation is a mechanism to undermine resistance and create social relations amenable to extractive accumulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471870869740,"sku":"9781526173331","price":230.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781526173331-undermining-resistance.jpg?v=1775261646","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/undermining-resistance-by-lian-sinclair-9781526173331","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}