This paper examines Chevron's programme of CSR at a gas field in Bangladesh. Whilst apparently bu... more This paper examines Chevron's programme of CSR at a gas field in Bangladesh. Whilst apparently building partnerships in the villages that surround the Bibiyana Gas Field, we suggest that the corporation remains detached from the local population via their community development programmes and employment policies. This contradiction is submerged by ideas and practices within global development discourse which celebrate the disconnection and disengagement of donors via the rhetoric of sustainability. Chiming with development praxis and the neo-liberal values which underscore it by stressing self-reliance, entrepreneurship and 'helping people to help themselves', the corporation's Community Engagement Programme does little to meet the demands of local people who hoped for employment and long term investment, a form of connection that is discordant to discourses of self-reliance and sustainability.
The central aim of this paper is to show how network and relation influence opportunities for int... more The central aim of this paper is to show how network and relation influence opportunities for internal labor migrant. It argues that social network and relation have had direct influence in the life of in-migrant workers in Bibiyana gas field in Sylhet. By providing ethnographic evidence I suggest that soul linkages, relativeness, patron-client relationship, and mostly the power of place and the availability of work have attracted people from different areas of Bangladesh into the Bibiyana gas field. In addition, I am keen to find out whether the migrant laborers are organized, how they came, and to learn about possible (collective) action and strategies they have taken to sustain new environment on new peace.
This paper examines Chevron's programme of CSR at a gas field in Bangladesh. Whilst apparently bu... more This paper examines Chevron's programme of CSR at a gas field in Bangladesh. Whilst apparently building partnerships in the villages that surround the Bibiyana Gas Field, we suggest that the corporation remains detached from the local population via their community development programmes and employment policies. This contradiction is submerged by ideas and practices within global development discourse which celebrate the disconnection and disengagement of donors via the rhetoric of sustainability. Chiming with development praxis and the neo-liberal values which underscore it by stressing self-reliance, entrepreneurship and 'helping people to help themselves', the corporation's Community Engagement Programme does little to meet the demands of local people who hoped for employment and long term investment, a form of connection that is discordant to discourses of self-reliance and sustainability.
The central aim of this paper is to show how network and relation influence opportunities for int... more The central aim of this paper is to show how network and relation influence opportunities for internal labor migrant. It argues that social network and relation have had direct influence in the life of in-migrant workers in Bibiyana gas field in Sylhet. By providing ethnographic evidence I suggest that soul linkages, relativeness, patron-client relationship, and mostly the power of place and the availability of work have attracted people from different areas of Bangladesh into the Bibiyana gas field. In addition, I am keen to find out whether the migrant laborers are organized, how they came, and to learn about possible (collective) action and strategies they have taken to sustain new environment on new peace.
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