The history of the United States of America is also the history of the energy sector. Natural gas provides the fuel that allows us to heat our homes in winter a

International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activitie

Standing on the broken ground of resource extraction settings, the state is sometimes like a chimera: its appearance and intentions are misleading and, for some

Explores the local politics of mining in Africa, explaining when communities benefit, and when conflict and repression occur.

Energy is central to the fabric of society. This book revisits the classic notions of energy impacts by examining the social effects of resource extraction and