Mining, Power and Politics in South Africa
Rethinking the African Resource Curse
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2016
Zed Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78360-127-1 (ISBN)
Zed Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78360-127-1 (ISBN)
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An extremely timely and though-provoking examination of the contentious issue of mining in South Africa and what it means for the so-called 'resource curse' afflicting Africa.
The idea that contemporary African politics is afflicted by a so-called 'resource curse' has become common currency. African states, in these arguments, suffer - apparently universally - from the corrupting and economically damaging effects of the export of natural resources. In this highly original work, Keith Breckenrige challenges the inevitability of such perceived wisdom through an in-depth examination of mining in South Africa.
Those studying the mining industry in South Africa have described it as a racist blight, deforming the state, public health, the environment and the economy. In the wake of the now notorious Marikana massacre, outrage against the curse of mining has reached an angry harmony. Yet Breckenridge argues there are intriguing political paradoxes obscured by this consensus, and these present interesting possibilities for other African countries facing similar processes of long-term resource investment. Though racist inequality remains a powerful feature of contemporary South Africa, in many other respects the mines have bequeathed a social order that has the potential to escape the predicament of the 'resource curse'.
An important and timely investigation of a key issue affecting Africa and the global economy today.
The idea that contemporary African politics is afflicted by a so-called 'resource curse' has become common currency. African states, in these arguments, suffer - apparently universally - from the corrupting and economically damaging effects of the export of natural resources. In this highly original work, Keith Breckenrige challenges the inevitability of such perceived wisdom through an in-depth examination of mining in South Africa.
Those studying the mining industry in South Africa have described it as a racist blight, deforming the state, public health, the environment and the economy. In the wake of the now notorious Marikana massacre, outrage against the curse of mining has reached an angry harmony. Yet Breckenridge argues there are intriguing political paradoxes obscured by this consensus, and these present interesting possibilities for other African countries facing similar processes of long-term resource investment. Though racist inequality remains a powerful feature of contemporary South Africa, in many other respects the mines have bequeathed a social order that has the potential to escape the predicament of the 'resource curse'.
An important and timely investigation of a key issue affecting Africa and the global economy today.
Keith is an Associate Professor and the Deputy Director at Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Witwatersrand.
1. The Resource Curse Theory and the paradox of South African History
2. The Racial Bounty: the mining corporations and economic transformation
3. Gaoler and Benefactor: Mining and the work of the State
4. The Banality of Violence: Mining and South African masculinity
5. Revenge of the Commons: Marikana, Tribal Title and the contemporary crisis
6. Mining, property rights and the Gatekeeper State: South Africa and the African Resource Curse
| Reihe/Serie | African Arguments |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Technik ► Bergbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78360-127-2 / 1783601272 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78360-127-1 / 9781783601271 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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