Regimes of Risk: The World Bank and the Transformation of Mining in Asia (Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy)

Hatcher, Pascale

ISBN 10: 113703131X / ISBN 13: 9781137031310

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Regimes of Risk: The World Bank and the Transformation of Mining in Asia (Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113703131X
• ISBN 13: 9781137031310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

With Asia as its backdrop, this book investigates the role played by the World Bank Group (WBG) in conceptualising and promoting new mining regimes tailored for resource-rich country clients. It details a particular politics of mining in the Global South characterised by the transplanting, hijacking and contesting of the WBG's mining agenda.

About the Author

Pascale Hatcher is an Associate Professor in the College of International Relations of Ritsumeikan University, Japan, and an Associate Research Fellow of the Groupe de recherche sur les activités minières en Afrique (GRAMA) at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.