| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Global Commodity Politics, Africa, and Responsibility -- Slick Perspectives: Analyzing Responsibility Pertaining to Commodities in CEMAC -- Approaches to Responsibility in Cameroon: National Flash Points -- Greasy Business: Perspectives on Responsibility in Cameroon's Palm Oil Sector -- Crude Commitments: Contending Perspectives on Responsibility along the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline -- Sugaring Up Responsibility: Sugar and Formal CSR in Cameroon -- Bittersweet Realities: Cocoa and Responsibility -- Responsibility Politics in Comparative Perspective. |
| Summary |
"Responsibility is political. As the international community has called for more responsible environmental, social, and governance performance, the politics of commodities has become more fraught. Commodity Politics cuts through the new rhetoric of responsibility and presents innovative research from Cameroon to provide a better understanding of the political complexity surrounding commodity production and trade in the twenty-first century. Assessing the perspectives of businesses, international organizations, governments, and civil society groups, the authors offer insights gleaned from years of field research in a commodity-dependent country. Commodity Politics presents case studies of sugar, palm oil, cocoa, and the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project. These cases uncover a problematic politics that is much broader than the implications of corporate social responsibility codes for people and the planet, delivering solid rationales for policy-makers and commodity stakeholders to think more deeply about investor-driven approaches to improving environmental, social, and governance conduct. This book trains students and scholars to better recognize political intricacies and consequential flash points. Immersing its readers in timely debates over the meaning and intent of responsibility, Commodity Politics breaks new ground in the political analysis of development."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Commercial products -- Political aspects -- Cameroon.
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Responsibility -- Political aspects -- Cameroon.
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Economic development -- Cameroon.
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Agriculture -- Cameroon.
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Mineral industries -- Cameroon.
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Cameroon -- Commerce.
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Cameroon -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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HISTORY / Africa / Central. |
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Agriculture |
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Commerce |
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Economic development |
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Economic history |
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Mineral industries |
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Responsibility -- Political aspects |
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Cameroon |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Added Author |
Hamann, Steffi, author.
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Enns, Charis, author.
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Sneyd, Lauren Q., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sneyd, Adam, 1978- Commodity politics. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022 0228008883 9780228008880 (OCoLC)1240493216 |
| ISBN |
9780228010180 electronic book |
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0228010187 electronic book |
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9780228010197 electronic book |
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0228010195 electronic book |
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