
State Crime on the Margins of Empire
Rio Tinto, the War on Bougainville and Resistance to Mining
Paperback | 20 August 2014
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This book offers a pioneering window into the elusive workings of state-corporate crime within the mining industry. It follows a campaign of resistance organised by indigenous activists on the island of Bougainville, who struggled to close a Rio Tinto owned copper mine, and investigates the subsequent state-corporate response, which led to the shocking loss of some 10,000 lives.
Drawing on internal records and interviews with senior officials, Kristian Lasslett examines how an articulation of capitalist growth mediated through patrimonial politics, imperial state-power, large-scale mining, and clan-based, rural society, prompted an ostensibly 'responsible' corporate citizen, and liberal state actors, to organise a counterinsurgency campaign punctuated with gross human rights abuses.
State Crime on the Margins of Empire represents a unique intervention rooted in a classical Marxist tradition that challenges positivist streams of criminological scholarship, in order to illuminate with greater detail the historical forces faced by communities in the global south caught in the increasingly violent dynamics of the extractive industries.
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'Compelling... through careful analysis, Lasslett shows us that imperialism remains alive and well and the inspiring individuals who dare to resist it. I salute his unique voice in a time of intellectual cowardice' -- Antony Loewenstein, independent journalist and best-selling author of My Israel Question and Profits of Doom
'This is quite simply the best case study so far that explicitly addresses state violence in the Global South through a state crime 'lens''. -- Tony Ward, Reader in Law, Hull University
'A fascinating depiction of extensive state criminality in Bougainville. Lasslett offers readers a deeply researched narrative, at once illuminating and horrifying, that is a microcosm of the daily harms wrought worldwide by neoliberal globalisation. Highly recommended' -- Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights
'A must read for anyone who wants to understand how and why our world is being destroyed for profit' -- David Whyte
'Exposes the central crime-ridden workings of Empire in this detailed study from the periphery. His wealth of empirical evidence goes beyond the remarkable' -- Scott Poynting, Professor in Criminology, University of Auckland
'A fascinating case study of engaged social research' -- Pacific Affairs
ISBN: 9780745335049
ISBN-10: 0745335047
Series: State Crime
Published: 20th August 2014
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 256
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Pluto Press
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 13.5 x 1.91
Weight (kg): 0.36
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