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Peacemaking and the Extractive Industries addresses a significant gap in research on the political and diplomatic role of multinational corporations in peace processes in intrastate conflict: Corporate Peacemaking. The author focuses on corporations in the oil and mining sectors, supporting or participating in peace negotiations and mediation. The chapters explore national-level peace processes, as well as those at community and global levels. While the focus is on extractive companies, the findings are valuable to companies from all industries looking at peace-related processes. This ground-breaking book gives a comprehensive picture of how Corporate Peacemaking currently works, how it can be developed and implemented, and how it is likely to impact global governance and corporate culture in the future. The book demonstrates that Corporate Peacemaking has the potential to be a powerful element in international governance and peace efforts; and Ralph shows through the business case that companies, as well as communities, will benefit. Ralph presents a new framework for Corporate Peace that will assist companies from all sectors in countries experiencing violent conflict, in addition to instability, human rights abuses and poor governance. Based on rigorous academic research with practical case studies, it is essential reading for practitioners, academics, policy-makers and NGOs.

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This is a terrific addition to business and peace literature. Ralph offers a provocative conceptual model and the fact that it derives from extractives, that so often find themselves is conflict-sensitive zones, makes for a great set of practical examples. --Timothy Fort, Everleigh Chair in Business Ethics at the Kelley School of Business

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NATALIE RALPH, PhD, is Research Fellow at Deakin University, Australia and also consults through Corporate Peacebuilders. She has over 10 years’ cross-sectoral experience in CSR; business, human rights and peacebuilding challenges in high-risk areas.

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