Philippe Le Billon

The Geopolitics of Resource Wars (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the 'resource curse' affecting many resource-dependent countries and the spaces of (mis)governance shaping the violent geopolitics of many natural resources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135768058
• Artikelnr.: 49364618

Autorenporträt

Philippe Le Billon is Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia with the Department of Geography and the Liu Institute on Global Issues. A former Research Associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Overseas Development Institute, he is the author of Fuelling War: Natural Resources and Armed Conflicts.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Geopolitical Economy of 'Resource Wars' 2. Natural Resources and
Civil Strife: A two-stage process 3. Resource Curse?: Govermentality, oil
and power in the Niger delta, Nigeria 4. Oil and the Political Economy of
Conflict in Columbia and Beyond: A linkages approach 5. From Free Oil to
'Freedom Oil': Terrorism, war and US geopolitics in the Persian Gulf 6.
Great Game or Grubby Game?: The struggle for control of the Caspian 7.
Resources and Conflict in the Caspian Sea 8. Coercive Western Energy
Security Strategies: 'Resource wars' as a new threat to global security 9.
The Geopolitics of Conflict and Diamonds in Sierra Leone 10. Identity,
Space and the Political Economy of Conflict in Central Asia