O dano socioambiental no sul global : uma crítica à atividade das grandes corporações sob a ótica da criminologia verde

Abstract

Despite the massive and routinized socioenvironmental harms caused by multinational corporations, their presence, structure, and privileges remain unchecked. From the greening movement, critical criminology has endeavored to consider these new forms of violence and their victims. Therefore, the present work poses the following research problem: based on green criminology, how can the relation between international corporations’ actions and the socioenvironmental harm caused in the Global South be understood? The method of this research is exploratory and qualitative, for it uses bibliographic research and analysis of examples as assets that allow the comprehension of the phenomena, considering its complexity, and applying an interdisciplinary approach. This study is divided into two parts. The first one addresses neoliberalism aspects which have intensified corporative activity and hence the massive harms caused. The second part reviews the green criminology perspective as a field that moves towards social and environmental justice, exposing the uneven distribution of socioenvironmental disadvantages. In other words, the first part addresses the perpetrators and the second one the victims, focusing on acknowledging these power relations in a dynamic chart from the specialized literature. In conclusion, the research points to the need for an eco-global analysis approach in order to comprehend the dimension of massive transnational harms caused by major corporations.