Corporate influence and the global pandemic – reflections from the mining sector
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10438703 |
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| Authors | Bonnie Campbell (0000-0001-9000-5515, Université du Québec à Montréal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-7329 • E-ISSN: 1983-3121 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/0034-7329202200101 |
| OpenAlex | W4221119514 |
| SciELO | S0034-73292022000100400 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Power asymmetries offer a lens for understanding the reshaping of corporate strategies in the mining sector during the pandemic. Using a heterodox international political economy perspective, the first section of the article argues that regulatory frameworks are both the expression of structural power relations and a key instrument contributing to their reproduction. The second illustrates this by focusing on companies’ attempts to renegotiate fiscal concessions and keep mines open during the pandemic. The third examines how corporate actors have become directly involved in the delivery of health services and longer-term implications of such involvement. The conclusion identifies further research areas
Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economics · Economy · Pandemic · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Disaster Response and Management · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Zoonotic diseases and public health
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| Highly cited | No |
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