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...Szablowski's work adds a valuable perspective to the literature on the World Bank, specifically deciphering how the Bank operates to legitimize its actions through social specialists and participatory models and questioning its ultimate effect...His questioning of the nature of legitimacy, how it is achieved and the status of the World Bank achieving it on the ground enhances the understanding of one of the most important issues applicable to all international organizations, but facing the World Bank in particular.Bernadette MaheandiranGerman Law JournalNo. 6 (1 June 2008)Theoretically and empirically, this book offers a provocative and rich discussion on the intersection between transnational law and local struggles that emerge in a transnational mining project in the global south[Szablowski's] contribution is to go beyond a state-centered view and to retain a concern for accountability, legitimacy, and justice. As such, this book is relevant not only to sociolegal scholars, but also to development scholars and social scientists involved in the process of mediation.Erika BusseLaw and Society ReviewWhether one be from the mining industry,or a member of an NGO working with local communities affected by mining activities, a consultant or an academic from whatever disciplines specialised on these issues, this volume is a necessary read. It would be difficult to imagine a more timely bookFor those interested in the spread of transnational mining investment globally and its implications for local communities whether practitioners or researchers - this volume is a must.Bonnie CampbellCanadian Journal of Law and Society

...Szablowski's work adds a valuable perspective to the literature on the World Bank, specifically deciphering how the Bank operates to legitimize its actions through social specialists and participatory models and questioning its ultimate effect...His questioning of the nature of legitimacy, how it is achieved and the status of the World Bank achieving it on the ground enhances the understanding of one of the most important issues applicable to all international organizations, but facing the World Bank in particular. Bernadette Maheandiran German Law Journal No. 6 (1 June 2008) Theoretically and empirically, this book offers a provocative and rich discussion on the intersection between transnational law and local struggles that emerge in a transnational mining project in the global south...[Szablowski's] contribution is to go beyond a state-centered view and to retain a concern for accountability, legitimacy, and justice. As such, this book is relevant not only to sociolegal scholars, but also to development scholars and social scientists involved in the process of mediation. Erika Busse Law and Society Review Whether one be from the mining industry,...or a member of an NGO working with local communities affected by mining activities, a consultant or an academic from whatever disciplines specialised on these issues, this volume is a necessary read. It would be difficult to imagine a more timely book...For those interested in the spread of transnational mining investment globally and its implications for local communities - whether practitioners or researchers - this volume is a must. Bonnie Campbell Canadian Journal of Law and Society

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David Szablowski is Assistant Professor of Law and Society at York University in Toronto, Canada.

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