Now open for paper proposals for Research
in Political Economy, Volume 33 (2018):
CALL FOR PAPERS
Environmental Impacts of
Transnational Corporations in the Global South during the period of Neoliberal
Globalization
In this
proposed volume the aim is to present a collection of contributions addressing
the impact of Transnational Corporations (TNCs) on the environment in the
Global South during the present period of neoliberal globalization. Since the
end of the 1970s, the role of TNCs in the global economy has moved to a
qualitatively different stage. As these TNCs came of age, so to speak, many of the
changes in terms of international institutions and the establishment of free
trade zones reflect the interests of these corporate behemoths. The influence
of TNCs, as reflected in free trade (and investment) treaties, such as the TPP,
NAFTA, etc., and the establishment of the WTO has limited the effectiveness of environmental
protections. It is the interest of this volume
to provide several key examples discussing the environmental consequences and
crises caused by the ever increasing hegemony of these transnational
corporations for recent decades within the Global South.
The range of
environmental impacts is extensive: from problems associated with air, water and
soil pollution, destruction of ecosystems at different levels, including acid
rain, loss of biodiversity and systemic climate change. These range of
environmental consequences are clearly linked to the major productive
transformations associated with the ever-expanding networks and domination of
TNCS. Tendencies such as extractivism and the constant extension of its
frontier in regions of the world such as Latin America, Africa and Asia are
clear outcomes produced by the TNCs global value chains, accelerated by the increased
role of China in the global economy.
A non-exhaustive list of potential
themes or topics:
TNCs, environmental movements, and struggles
against TNC megaprojects
TNCs, environment, modern science, ecology
and legitimizing discourses
TNCs and environmental, public health and
social impacts. Case studies
Transnational Capital and the Environmental
Impacts on Peasant and Indigenous Communities
Environmental consequences resulting through
the exercising of power by TNCs in national and international institutions
TNCs, Patriarchy and Environmental Impacts
TNCs and Water in the Global South
TNCs Energy Production and Consumption and
the Impact on the Environment in the global South
Accumulation by Dispossession in the
Periphery: Extractive Industries, TNCS and the Environment
The Global Value Chain of Soy and Pesticides
The role of ground rent in an ever
transnationalized economy and its environmental consequences
Proposals should be sent to pcooney@ungs.edu.ar by 1 November 2017
Proposal Acceptances will be sent out by 15 November
2017.
Papers will be due by 15 of December 2017.
Proposals should be limited to 500 words and
papers should be limited to approximately 15,000 words, including footnotes and
references.
Co-Editors
of Volume 33: Paul
Cooney (Professor of Economics at UNGS, Argentina), William
Sacher (Dr. of Development Economics, FLACSO, Ecuador)