The Politics of Conflict Economies: Miners, Merchants and Warriors in the African Borderland

ISBN-13: 9780415580847 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 162 str.

Morten Boas

Opis

This book focuses on the political economy of life & death for ordinary people involved in the illicit extraction & trade of diamonds, coltan, & gold from conflict zones in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Prologue: Nakivale 1:05 AM 1. Introduction: life in the borderland 2. Eastern Congo: mines, ‘moles’ and the users of force 3. The great escape? Diamond-mining in the borderland of Sierra Leone 4. Liberia: land, belonging and identity in a border area 5. Northern Mali: criminality, coping, and resistance along an elusive frontier 6. Northern Uganda: displacement and fear in the borderland 7. Navigating Nakivale: the refugee camp as borderland 8. Conclusion: touching from the distance References List of acronyms

O autorze

Morten Bøås is Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).