The calls for an international treaty to elaborate the human rights obligations of transnational corporations and other business enterprises have been rapidly growing, due to the failures of existing regulatory initiatives in holding powerful business actors accountable for human rights abuses....

This book provides new insights into combining economic theory and ethics, and how to formulate policies to combat the roots of poverty. Since a large part of the world’s working population is underpaid, and does not have enough income to feed themselves and their families, there is a need for...

1. Introduction / James Rochlin and Gustavo Gallon -- 2. Foreign investment, oil, and human security : the case of Pacific Rubiales Energy Corporation in Puerto Gaitan / Beatriz Eugenia Sanchez Mojica. [et al.] -- 3. Ethnicity, episteme, and gold : the struggle for human security in Marmato /...

This book analyzes the recent development paths pursued by progressive governments in Argentina and Brazil, namely deindustrialization and reprimarization, and the social and environmental consequences thereof. Two major issues which extend beyond Latin America are: the expansion of genetically...

This research has been interview-driven, although various texts have also been examined. The stakeholders have included actors from the extractive industry, civil society organisations, governments, consultancy firms, research organisations and international organisations.