“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of Canada
This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive...
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natural resources raw materials global extractive industry mining accumulation by dispossession primitive accumulation resource curse free, prior, and informed consent FPIC consultation free entry Bill C-300 Omnibus Bill self-determination madaraka multinational / transnational corporations land grabs governance gap enforcement vacuum regulatory gap landlessness involuntary resettlement displacement liberalization financial markets capitalism International Monetary Fund IMF Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability CNCA Environmental Impact Assessment EIA Impact and Benefits Agreement IBA corporate social responsibility CSR international political economy IPE Washington Consensus Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PRSP sustainable development rare earth oil fossil fuels Whitehorse Mining Initiative WMI foreign direct investment FDI privatization Canadian Centre for the Study of Resource Conflict CCSRC Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade SCFAIT Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada DFATD neoliberal / corporate globalization Northern Gateway pipeline project Ring of Fire centre-periphery metropolitan-hinterland Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD Gross Domestic Product GDP Extractive Industries Review EIR Sub-Saharan Africa war on terror terrorists false flag terrorism Fisheries Act Navigable Waters Protection Act primary goods aid Third World debt free trade modernization dependency tariffs trade barriers HudBay home country liability state Toronto Stock Exchange TSX Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada PDAC spatio-temporal fix militarism Sudbury Atlantic Canada Crown neo-colonialism industrial revolution imperialism public policy democracy justice Canadian International Development Agency CIDA Export Development Corporation EDC Kimberley Process International Council on Mining and Metals ICMM Mining Association of Canada National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility CSR and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries equity austerity measures Environmental Commissioner of Ontario ECO Mining Act reforms proletariat aboriginal Least Developed Countries LDCs developing country comparative advantage human rights export-led development Tiomin Government of Kenya Government of Canada Economic and Social Council ECOSOC World Bank Group WBG World Trade Organization WTO United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples UNDRIP Bill C-38 Bill C-45 Assembly of First Nations AFN Idle No More meaningful participation AFRICOM titanium Base Resources Australia House of Commons conditionalities Structural Adjustment Programmes SAPs World Business Council for Sustainable Development WBCSD Kinuthia, Wanyee “Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of Canada |
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natural resources raw materials global extractive industry mining accumulation by dispossession primitive accumulation resource curse free, prior, and informed consent FPIC consultation free entry Bill C-300 Omnibus Bill self-determination madaraka multinational / transnational corporations land grabs governance gap enforcement vacuum regulatory gap landlessness involuntary resettlement displacement liberalization financial markets capitalism International Monetary Fund IMF Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability CNCA Environmental Impact Assessment EIA Impact and Benefits Agreement IBA corporate social responsibility CSR international political economy IPE Washington Consensus Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PRSP sustainable development rare earth oil fossil fuels Whitehorse Mining Initiative WMI foreign direct investment FDI privatization Canadian Centre for the Study of Resource Conflict CCSRC Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade SCFAIT Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada DFATD neoliberal / corporate globalization Northern Gateway pipeline project Ring of Fire centre-periphery metropolitan-hinterland Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD Gross Domestic Product GDP Extractive Industries Review EIR Sub-Saharan Africa war on terror terrorists false flag terrorism Fisheries Act Navigable Waters Protection Act primary goods aid Third World debt free trade modernization dependency tariffs trade barriers HudBay home country liability state Toronto Stock Exchange TSX Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada PDAC spatio-temporal fix militarism Sudbury Atlantic Canada Crown neo-colonialism industrial revolution imperialism public policy democracy justice Canadian International Development Agency CIDA Export Development Corporation EDC Kimberley Process International Council on Mining and Metals ICMM Mining Association of Canada National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility CSR and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries equity austerity measures Environmental Commissioner of Ontario ECO Mining Act reforms proletariat aboriginal Least Developed Countries LDCs developing country comparative advantage human rights export-led development Tiomin Government of Kenya Government of Canada Economic and Social Council ECOSOC World Bank Group WBG World Trade Organization WTO United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples UNDRIP Bill C-38 Bill C-45 Assembly of First Nations AFN Idle No More meaningful participation AFRICOM titanium Base Resources Australia House of Commons conditionalities Structural Adjustment Programmes SAPs World Business Council for Sustainable Development WBCSD |
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This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive accumulation by the global corporate extractive industry. The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad. |
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The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad. Thesis First Nations DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Canada Eia ENVELOPE(7.755,7.755,63.024,63.024) |