Over the past two centuries, industrial societies hungry for copper – essential for light, power, and communication – have demanded ever-increasing quantities of the metal. Born with a Copper Spoon ...

What is land? A resource to be exploited? A commodity to be traded? A home to cherish? In Guatemala, a country still reeling from thirty-six years of US-backed state repression and genocides, dominant ...

This innovative book shows that regulatory regimes in resource-dependent nations have played a decisive role in the international political economy. Spanning seven continents and focusing on both advanced ...