List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction: resource governance at a time of plenty -- Theoretical debates in natural resource politics -- States and markets in the context of a resource boom : engaging with critical IPE --...

With the increasingly evident and widespread impact of economic activity on the environment, there is a growing concern in all parts of the world for environmental considerations to be more fully reflected in economic decision-making. The Polluter-Pays, User-Pays and Precautionary principles are...