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1 online resource |
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International Political Economy Series |
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International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Contents; Acronyms; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Global Production Network of Aluminum; 1.1.1 The Social and Ecological Consequences of Aluminum Production; 1.2 Bauxite and Aluminum Production in Africa; 1.2.1 Tanzania, Mozambique, and Sierra Leone; 1.2.2 Mining and Smelting in Ghana; 1.2.3 Mining and Refining in Guinea; 1.2.4 Alucam in Cameroon; 1.2.5 Nigeria's "Alu City" Ikot Abasi; 1.2.6 South Africa and Egypt; 1.3 Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Chapter 2 Concepts: Corporate Decision Spaces and Chains of Command |
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2.1 Commodity-Based Approaches2.2 GCC, GVC, or GPN?; 2.3 Possible Contributions of the ExtractiveSector to GPN Research; 2.3.1 Corporate Decision Space and Infrastructural Power; 2.4 Global Chains of Command; 2.5 Crises of Chain Governance; 2.6 The African State as a Victimof Globalization?; References; Chapter 3 Case Study: Guinea; 3.1 The Decision Space of Rusal in Guinea; 3.1.1 Fria; 3.1.1.1 Fria Under Pechiney; 3.1.1.2 Environmental Damage; 3.1.1.3 Fria Turns into Friguia; Workers as Super-Citizens; Sysmin Programs in Fria; Pechiney Leaves; 3.1.1.4 Fria Under Rusal (2003-2014) |
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The New MastersSub-Contracting; More Conflicts; Protests on the Countryside: The Example of Kondekhore; Dadis and the World Economic Crisis; Pensions; Wages; Condé Comes; Lights Out: Rusal Leaves Fria; From Fria to Dian-Dian; How to Jump Off a Lion; The Women Take Over; Current Situation and Outlook; 3.1.2 Débélé; 3.1.2.1 Tax Payments and the Electrification of Mambia; 3.1.2.2 Infrastructure and Corporate Social Responsibility; 3.1.2.3 Expropriations; 3.1.2.4 Infrastructural Projects Under Control of Local Authorities; 3.1.2.5 Salaries and Working Conditions; 3.1.2.6 Meager Prospects |
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3.2 The Compagnie Des Bauxites de Guinée3.2.1 History; 3.2.1.1 OFAB and the Start of Construction; 3.2.1.2 The Start of Production; 3.2.2 Kamsar; 3.2.2.1 Electricity, Security, and Relations with the Local Administration; 3.2.2.2 Taxes Versus CSR; 3.2.2.3 Comparison of "Public" and "Private" Investments in Infrastructure; 3.2.2.4 Schools and Hospitals; 3.2.2.5 Environment; 3.2.2.6 New Projects; 3.2.3 Sangaredi; 3.2.3.1 Services; 3.2.3.2 CSR, PDLs, and Taxes; Rich Workers and Poor Administrators; 3.2.3.3 Local Neopatrimonialism; 3.2.3.4 The Villages Around Sangaredi |
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Relocations and CompensationsCompensations for Destructions; Hamdalay; Ndanta Fonye; Wendou Diawle; Boundouwouande; The Construction Site of GAC; 3.3 Summary of the Chapter; 3.3.1 Post-Colonial Exploitation: Infrastructural Power Replaces Despotic Power; 3.3.2 Status Quo in Guinea; References; Chapter 4 Conclusions; 4.1 Global Chains of Command; 4.2 Different Company Cultures; 4.3 Two Crises of Chain Governance; 4.4 Possible Ways Forward; Bibliography; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 18, 2017) |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Aluminum mines and mining -- Africa.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
EBSCOhost
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| ISBN |
9783319527062 (electronic bk.) |
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3319527061 (electronic bk.) |
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