Double-Binds in the Pursuit of Prosperity
Gulf Oil in Bantry Bay
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4959249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Eipper (La Trobe University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 203-213 |
| Publication date | 2010-05-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mankind (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-2328 • E-ISSN: 2204-2121 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1835-9310.1985.tb01405.x |
| OpenAlex | W2144963477 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Double-bind theory is applied to the concept of hegemony in this paper in order to analyse the dependency of a small community (Bantry Bay in Ireland) upon a multinational corporation (Gulf Oil). The implications for state policy of this relationship are then considered. The argument is that the dispensation of development as patronage in the form of industrial projects provided to needy communities puts such communities in an invidious predicament. The result is that they become ambivalent advocates of the interests of multinationals in the defence of their own
Ambivalence · Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis) · Bay · Corporation · Dependency (UML) · Economics · Geography · Hegemony · Multinational corporation · Order (exchange) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prosperity · Sociology · State (computer science) · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Engineering · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2009 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |