Discordant development : global capitalism and the struggle for connection in Bangladesh

What happens when a vast multinational mining company operates a gas plant situated close to four densely populated villages in rural Bangladesh?

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2012
Country:
Bangladesh
Document Type:
Book
Theme:
Social Change
First published:
1 January 2012
Authors:
Gardner, K.

Abstract

What happens when a vast multinational mining company operates a gas plant situated close to four densely populated villages in rural Bangladesh? How does its presence contribute to local processes of 鈥榙evelopment鈥�? And what do corporate claims of 鈥榗ommunity engagement鈥� involve? Drawing from author Katy Gardner鈥檚 longstanding relationship with the area, Discordant Development reveals the complex and contradictory ways that local people attempt to connect to, and are disconnected by, foreign capital.

Citation

Gardner, K. Discordant development : global capitalism and the struggle for connection in Bangladesh. Pluto Press, London, UK 280 pp. ISBN 9780745331508

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