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1 online resource (183 pages) |
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Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics |
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Routledge advances in international relations and global politics.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Prologue -- Nakivale 1:05 AM; 1. Introduction: life in the borderland; The issue of agency and a people-focused political economy; What is the border?; The state and the borderland; The borderland as opportunity; The borderland at war: between resource war and conflicts over belonging; Understanding the borderland as 'lived life' -- a people-centred approach; Note; 2. Eastern Congo: miners, 'moles' and the users of force; Goma -- the invincible city; Frames of Eastern Congo |
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North Kivu -- a short story of a long history of violenceThe users of forces; The mines: miners and merchants/opportunities and destruction; Land -- this land is my land: agriculture, cattle, timber and taxation; Merchants -- the commodification of social relations; Peace in the borderland of Eastern Congo?; Notes; 3. The great escape? Diamond mining in the borderland of Sierra Leone; Diamond mining in Sierra Leone; Diamonds and the civil war; Miners and merchants in Kono District; Some concluding remarks; Notes; 4. Liberia: land, belonging and identity in a border area |
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Liberia -- the 'nationalisation' of local conflictThe Americo-Liberian state; The warlords: Samuel Doe, Charles Taylor, etc.; Taylor, LURD and the second part of the civil war; The 'internationalisation' of conflict: the Ivorian connection; Endgame Taylor; Lofa -- a violent frontier zone?; Lofa -- tales of origin; Autochthonous 'stranger-father' relations; Navigating the post-conflict environment; A funeral for a friend -- some concluding comments; Notes; 5. Northern Mali: criminality, coping and resistance along an elusive frontier; The conflict in Northern Mali; In Northern Mali |
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Some tentative conclusionsNotes; 6. Northern Uganda: displacement and fear in the borderland; Kony's war -- 'purified in blood'; A political economy of war? Land, logging and ghost soldiers; Land -- belonging, identity and income; Conclusion: under the 'shadow' of the war; Notes; 7. Navigating Nakivale: the refugee camp as borderland; Understanding Nakivale; Nakivale 1959-94: the early years; Navigating Nakivale; Alienated on ancestral land: the Ugandan citizens in Nakivale; Gender, age and class (social status); Some concluding comments; Notes; 8. Conclusion: touching from a distance |
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The state and the borderlandPolitical economies from below; Touching from a distance; References; Index |
| Summary |
Conflict economies cannot be approached in isolation but must instead be contextualised socially and historically. These economies did not emerge in vacuum, but are part and parcel of the history of people and place. This book explores the informal and illicit extraction and trade of minerals and other types of natural resources that takes place in the ''borderlands'' during periods of conflict. This type of extraction and marketing, often referred to as 'conflict trade' depends on a weak state, and works alongside the structures of the state and its officials. The book emphasises that conflic |
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Print version record |
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Mineral industries -- Africa
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Mines and mineral resources -- Africa
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Natural resources -- Africa
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Social conflict -- Africa
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Borderlands.
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International economic relations.
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Mineral industries.
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Mines and mineral resources.
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Natural resources.
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Social conflict.
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Africa -- Foreign economic relations
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Africa -- Borderlands
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Africa.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317625216 |
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1317625218 |
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