Global Perspectives on Adult Education pp 175-191 | Cite as
Popular Education and Organized Response to Gold Mining in Ghana
Abstract
Ghana’s current gold rush has exploded at an unprecedented rate and magnitude. Yet, despite their enormous mineral wealth, local mining communities typify the “underdevelopment paradox” common to most extractive-based economies. This disparity has galvanized a collective response from local communities and their activist supporters. Multinational mining corporations have become increasingly influential actors in Ghana’s economic scene, with wide-reaching consequences for local people’s socioecological stability. Consequently, the plight of communities affected by mining is garnering more public attention and mobilizing communities toward increased resistance to these large-scale mining projects, alongside demands for better compensation and improved community infrastructural development.
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Foreign Direct Investment Gold Mining Mining Company Mining Sector Mining CommunityPreview
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