Beating the odds
The quest for justice by South African asbestos mining communities1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11905309 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jock Mcculloch (RMIT University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 103 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056240500121057 |
| OpenAlex | W2056119185 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
In March 2003 a small community group, ‘The Concerned People Against Asbestos (CPA)’ based at Prieska in the Northern Cape, won a court case in a foreign country. That case may change the way in which multinational corporations behave in the developing world. Until now the hidden costs of mining in Southern Africa have been paid for by labour. The CPA's victory may also help to end that injustice. It is usual to depict communities like Prieska as dis-empowered and impoverished. Despite its lack of resources the CPA was able to synchronise an elaborate game of small and big politics. The group's victory suggests that such communities have levels of political and organisation skill which given the right alignments can be irresistible
Asbestos · Criminology · Economic Justice · Logistic regression · Odds · Political science · Sociology · Law · Medicine · Mining and Resource Management · Occupational and environmental lung diseases · Tailings Management and Properties
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |