Regimes of Risk | The World Bank and the Transformation of Mining in Asia

Pascale Hatcher

ISBN 10: 1349440817 / ISBN 13: 9781349440818

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Regimes of Risk | The World Bank and the Transformation of Mining in Asia | Pascale Hatcher | Taschenbuch | Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy | xiv | Englisch | 2014 | Palgrave Macmillan | EAN 9781349440818 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Regimes of Risk | The World Bank and the Transformation of Mining in Asia
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349440817
• ISBN 13: 9781349440818
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 12D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 269 grams
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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.