Large-scale Mines and Local-level Politics

Despite the difference in their populations and political status, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea have comparable levels of economic dependence on the extraction and export of mineral resources. For this reason, the costs and benefits of large-scale mining projects for indigenous communities has...

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description Despite the difference in their populations and political status, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea have comparable levels of economic dependence on the extraction and export of mineral resources. For this reason, the costs and benefits of large-scale mining projects for indigenous communities has been a major political issue in both jurisdictions, and one that has come to be negotiated through multiple channels at different levels of political organisation. The ‘resource boom’ that took place in the early years of the current century has only served to intensify the political contests and conflicts that surround the distribution of social, economic and environmental costs and benefits between community members and other ‘stakeholders’ in the large-scale mining industry. However, the mutual isolation of Anglophone and Francophone scholars has formed a barrier to systematic comparison of the relationship between large-scale mines and local-level politics in Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia, despite their geographical proximity. This collection of essays represents an effort to overcome this barrier, but is also intended as a major contribution to the growth of academic and political debate about the social impact of the large-scale mining industry in Melanesia and beyond.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-387212025-02-12T14:38:57Z Large-scale Mines and Local-level Politics Filer, Colin Le Meur, Pierre-Yves papua new guinea new caledonia mineral resources mining Bougainville Island Kanak people Nickel thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1M Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands::1MK Oceania thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNA Agribusiness and primary industries::KNAT Extractive industries Despite the difference in their populations and political status, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea have comparable levels of economic dependence on the extraction and export of mineral resources. For this reason, the costs and benefits of large-scale mining projects for indigenous communities has been a major political issue in both jurisdictions, and one that has come to be negotiated through multiple channels at different levels of political organisation. The ‘resource boom’ that took place in the early years of the current century has only served to intensify the political contests and conflicts that surround the distribution of social, economic and environmental costs and benefits between community members and other ‘stakeholders’ in the large-scale mining industry. However, the mutual isolation of Anglophone and Francophone scholars has formed a barrier to systematic comparison of the relationship between large-scale mines and local-level politics in Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia, despite their geographical proximity. This collection of essays represents an effort to overcome this barrier, but is also intended as a major contribution to the growth of academic and political debate about the social impact of the large-scale mining industry in Melanesia and beyond. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2017-12-04 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:21:36Z 2017 book 640310 OCN: 1001251368 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31033 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38721 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31033/1/640310.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31033/1/640310.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31033/1/640310.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31033/1/640310.pdf ANU Press 10.22459/lmlp.10.2017 10.22459/lmlp.10.2017 975ba519-3ce2-4517-95bf-b847729fbcf1 open access
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Large-scale Mines and Local-level Politics
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title_full Large-scale Mines and Local-level Politics
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new caledonia
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Kanak people
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