Morten BÃ as

The Politics of Conflict Economies

Miners, Merchants and Warriors in the African Borderland

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on the political economy of life and death for ordinary people involved in the illicit extraction and trade of diamonds, coltan, gold from conflict zones in Sub-Saharan Africa. This book addresses the issues of children and youth in conflict zones; child labour; and, the networks and economies that these people are part of.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780415580847
• ISBN-10: 0415580846
• Artikelnr.: 31388009

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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