type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>The last decade and a half has witnessed a dramatic growth in mining activity in many developing countries. This article reviews these recent trends and describes the debates and conflicts they have triggered. The authors review evidence regarding debates on...</p>

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>This article explores the emergence over the last decade of a new approach to rural development studies in Latin America known as the ‘new rurality’. The various interpretations and ambiguities of this approach as well as the ensuing debates are discussed....</p>

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>Codes of labour practice implemented by corporate buyers in their global production networks are one dimension of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Research indicates the benefits of codes for workers are limited and they fail to reach the most vulnerable...</p>

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>Much attention has been devoted to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in recent years. Codes of conduct — or the ethical principles that companies use to guide their practices — have been at the heart of the debate about how global companies should...</p>

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>The nature of activism concerned with the activities of transnational corporations has changed in recent years. In the 1990s, an increasing number of NGOs opted for collaboration as opposed to confrontation. By the turn of the millennium, there were signs that...</p>