This article examines the social and environmental costs of living in the mineral age,
wherein contemporary global livelihoods depend almost completely on the extraction of …

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 …

Study of the future is an important new field in anthropology. Building on a philosophical
tradition running from Aristotle through Heidegger to Schatzki, this book presents the …

The aim of this article is to propose a theoretical framework for studying digital resignation,
the condition produced when people desire to control the information digital entities have …

In Plantation Life Tania Murray Li and Pujo Semedi examine the structure and governance
of Indonesia's contemporary oil palm plantations in Indonesia, which supply 50 percent of …

Corporations are among the most powerful institutions of our time, but they are also
responsible for a wide range of harmful social and environmental impacts. Consequently …

The term 'managerialism'has been widely used but theoretical publications on
managerialism remain rare while theory development continues to be insufficient. This …

Responding to increasing interest in the movement of policies between places, sites and
settings, this timely book presents a critical alternative to approaches centred on ideas of …

The concept of a 'just transition'to a low‐carbon economy is firmly embedded in mainstream
global discourses about mitigating climate change. Drawing on Karl Polanyi's political …

What are corporations, and to whom are they responsible? Anthropologist Marina Welker
draws on two years of research at Newmont Mining Corporation's Denver headquarters and …