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The authors explore the complex dynamics of mining and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Latin America, including a reflection on the African continent, presenting arguments and case studies based on new research on a set of urgent and emerging questions surrounding mining, development and sustainability.

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Introduction: Companies and the Company they Keep: CSR in a ´Social and Environmental Value Governance Ecosystems´ Context; J.Sagebien & N.M.Lindsay Systemic Causes, Systemic Solutions; J.Sagebien & N.M.Lindsay Sustainable Development Norms and CSR in the Global Mining Sector; H.S.Dashwood CSR and the Law: Learning from the Experience of Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America; K.Webb The Role of Governments in CSR Chapter 1: CSR in a ´Social and Environmental Value Governance Ecosystems´ Context; J.Boon Regulatory Frameworks, Issues of Legitimacy, Responsibility and Accountability: Reflections Drawn from the PERCAN Initiative; B.Campbell, E.R.Grégoire & M.Laforce Conflict Diamonds: The Kimberley Process and the South American Challenge; I. Smillie Whose Development? Mining, Local Resistance and Development Agendas; C.Coumans Mining Industry Associations and CSR Discourse: Mapping the Terrain of Sustainable Development Strategies; N.M.Lindsay Drivers of Conflict around Large Scale Mining Activity in Latin America: The Case of the Carajás Iron Ore Complex in the Brazilian Amazon; A.C.Alvares da Silva, S.Costa & M.M.Veiga Community and Government Effects on Mining CSR in Bolivia: The Case of Apex and Empresa Huanuni; R.Cameron Corporate Social Responsibility in the Extractive Industries: The Role of Finance; A.Goss Responsible Investment Case Studies: Newmont and Goldcorp; I.Sosa Anticorruption: A Realistic Strategy in Latin American Mining?; C.Odell Sustainable Juruti Model: Pluralist Governance, Mining and Local Development in the Amazon Region; F.Abdala Energy & CSR in Trinidad & Tobago in the Second Decade of 21st Century; T.M.Shaw Mining Companies and Governance in Africa; R.Hamann, P.Kapelus & E.O´Keefe Conclusion; N.M.Lindsay & J.Sagebien Appendix

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