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ISBN: 0197683509 0197676499 Year: 2021 Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press,
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In the twenty-first century, the relationship between violent conflict and natural resources has become a matter of intense public and academic debate. As a result of fervent activism and international campaigning, the flagship case of "conflict minerals" has captured global attention. This term groups together the artisanal tin, tantalum (coltan), tungsten and gold originating from war zones in Central Africa. Known as "digital minerals" for their use in high-end technology, their exploitation and trade have been singled out in numerous media and United Nations reports as a key driver of violence, provoking an unprecedented popular outcry and prompting transnational efforts to promote "conflict-free", ethical mining. Focusing on the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Conflict Minerals, Inc. is the first comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon. Based on meticulous investigation and long-term fieldwork, this book analyzes why the campaign against "unethical" mining went awry, and radically disrupted eastern Congo's political economy. It dissects the evolution of the conflict minerals paradigm, the policy responses it triggered and their impact on artisanal miners. Vogel demonstrates how Western advocacy and policy have relied on colonial frames to drive change, and how White Saviorism perpetuates structural violence and inequality across global supply and value chains.
Politics and government. --- Economics. --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Congo (Democratic Republic) --- Congo DR --- Congo (Kinshasa) --- Congo (Leopoldville) --- Democratic Republic of Congo --- Democratic Republic of the Congo --- Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo --- DR Congo --- DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) --- DRK (Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo) --- Kongo --- R.D. Congo --- RD Congo --- RDC (République démocratique du Congo) --- Republic of Congo (Leopoldville) --- Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) --- République démocratique du Congo --- République du Congo (Leopoldville) --- Belgian Congo --- Zaire
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ISBN: 3110652730 3110649098 3110648784 9783110648782 9783110648782 Year: 2021 Publisher: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter
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In Colonial Impotence, Benoît Henriet studies the violent contradictions of colonial rule from the standpoint of the Leverville concession, Belgian Congo’s largest palm oil exploitation. Leverville was imagined as a benevolent tropical utopia, whose Congolese workers would be "civilized" through a paternalist machinery. However, the concession was marred by inefficiency, endemic corruption and intrinsic brutality. Colonial agents in the field could be seen as impotent, for they were both unable and unwilling to perform as expected. This book offers a new take on the joint experience of colonialism and capitalism in Southwest Congo, and sheds light on their impact on local environments, bodies, societies and cosmogonies.
HISTORY / Africa / General. --- Capitalism. --- Colonialism. --- Palm oil. --- Unilever. --- Logging --- History --- Congo (Democratic Republic) --- Forest harvesting --- Pulpwood --- Timber --- Trees --- Harvesting --- Lumbering --- Forestry engineering --- Forests and forestry --- Exploitation forestière --- Congo belge --- Pratique déloyale --- Huile de palme --- Commerce --- Industrie --- État indépendant du Congo --- Palm oil industry --- Corrupt practices --- Colonial influence. --- #SBIB:949.3H4 --- #SBIB:96G --- #SBIB:39A4 --- #SBIB:39A73 --- Vegetable oil industry --- Koloniale en diplomatieke geschiedenis van België (wereldoorlogen) --- Geschiedenis van Afrika --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Congo DR --- Congo (Kinshasa) --- Congo (Leopoldville) --- Democratic Republic of Congo --- Democratic Republic of the Congo --- Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo --- DR Congo --- DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) --- DRK (Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo) --- Kongo --- R.D. Congo --- RD Congo --- RDC (République démocratique du Congo) --- Republic of Congo (Leopoldville) --- Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) --- République démocratique du Congo --- République du Congo (Leopoldville) --- Belgian Congo --- Zaire --- Capitalism --- Colonialism --- Palm oil --- Unilever --- History of Congo --- anno 1910-1919 --- anno 1920-1929 --- anno 1930-1939 --- 1900-1999
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