Socially Just Mining: Rethoric or Reality? Lessons from Peru

by Rita Armstrong, Jordan Aitken, Vicki Bilro

In this book we consider ways in which mining companies do and can/should respect the human rights of communities affected by mining operations. We examine what "can and should" means and to whom, in a variety of mostly Peruvian contexts, and how engineers engage in "normative" practices that may interfere with the communities' best interests. We hope to raise awareness of the complexity of issues at stake and begin the necessary process of critique-of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031009894
• ISBN13: 9783031009891
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 9.3"