An Inquiry into the Green Disciplining of Capital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4139547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jody Emel (Clark University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 827-843 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a3428 |
| OpenAlex | W2057872718 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 11 |
Following the money' has become a popular strategy for many NGOs trying to change corporate and institutional practice. Individual shareholders, pension funds, banks, and other investors capitalize projects that cause ecological degradation or social injustice. Pressuring shareholders to divest, invest responsibly, or encourage executives to alter undesirable practices has become de rigueur for civil-society groups working for social change. Such strategies produce value or norm change, greater accountability, activist networks across national boundaries, and improvements in environmental management. Disinvestment helped bring down apartheid in South Africa. But how far can these 'disciplining' strategies go in terms of significantly ameliorating ecological destruction and violations of human rights? I explore this question using the case study of the campaign by Friends of the Earth against the operations of Freeport - McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. in Irian Jaya (West Papua
Accountability · Business · Corporate governance · Divestment · Injustice · Pension · Political science · Shareholder · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Finance
Non-profit and Community-based Green Space Production in Milwaukee
Can shareholder advocacy shape energy governance? The case of the US antifracking movement
One Pack = One Vaccine’ = one global motherhood? A feminist analysis of ethical consumption
Energy geographies
Environmental issues
Green governmentality
Shareholder activism and the ethical harnessing of institutional investors
Environmental governance and the hybrid regime of Australian natural resource management
A risky business
Underground political ecologies
Geographies of Environmental Governance
Putting Corporate Responsibility in its Place
Power in Numbers
Mining Sacred Space
Beyond Market Signals
Resource Wars
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2018 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |