عنوان

Corporate power in international natural resource governance :

شماره

TLets666353

عنوان اصلي

Corporate power in international natural resource governance :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Fernandes da Costa, Aleksandra

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

a sociological perspective on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

نام ساير پديدآوران

Wilks, Stephen

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Exeter

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2015

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

University of Exeter

امتياز متن

2015

متن يادداشت

An emerging consensus in the academic literature explicitly recognises large corporations as political actors. Against this background, this research investigates how corporate power operates through political practices in international multi-stakeholder governance processes and how it is legitimised. The central focus of research is the EITI, a sophisticated and well regarded international standard for natural resource governance in which corporations from the extractive industries and institutional investors have been granted decision-making rights at the Board level. Moreover, the research aims at understanding the consequences of corporate power on the Standard's design and performance. Relying on a conceptual framework based on the writings of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, this thesis proposes a refined theoretical approach to corporate power by introducing the concepts of corporate symbolic authority and corporate political practice. This research was undertaken using a mixed-methods approach consisting of content analysis, interviews and participant observation. The findings suggest that companies are privileged partners in the EITI while members from resource-rich countries are effectively disadvantaged. The companies' privileged status is legitimised through taken-for-granted-assumptions portraying them as positive, responsible and exceptional agents. It rests on possession and deployment of various forms of resources, and is enshrined into EITI's principles and procedures. Thus, despite EITI's emphasis on transparency, inclusion and equality (in decision-making), the Standard ultimately reflects and perpetuates the existing power asymmetries which cause disempowerment and poverty of people in resource-rich countries in the first place. This effectively undermines EITI's impact and outcome. In conclusion, the argument is presented that by including corporations into international governance processes already influential actors not only gain direct access to decision-making, but additionally to symbolic authority. This further enhances and consolidates corporate power with substantial consequences for legitimate and effective governance at the international level. Therefore, this thesis enhances our understanding of corporate power and its deployment in multi-stakeholder governance at the international level.

موضوع مستند نشده

corporate power

موضوع مستند نشده

corruption

موضوع مستند نشده

multi-stakeholder initiatives

موضوع مستند نشده

natural resource governance

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Fernandes da Costa, Aleksandra

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Wilks, Stephen

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of Exeter

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y