Natural Resource Extraction and Development

by Roy Maconachie

Since colonial times, the developing world has served as a 'resource hinterland' for the global capitalist system. In recent years, this relationship has again returned to centre stage. Across the globe, a broad range of natural resources are being drawn into market-led modes of environmental governance. Pressures on natural resources in the developing world have become especially acute as escalating mineral and energy demands from the so-called...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415545706
• ISBN13: 9780415545709
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages