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RECORD NUMBER: 246 OF 284Main Title | The anatomy of resource wars / | |||||||||||
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Author | Renner, Michael, | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Worldwatch Institute, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2002 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 50908714 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 1878071653; 9781878071651 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Natural resources--Developing countries--Case studies ; Ressources naturelles ; Guerres ; Exploitation des ressources ; Pays en développement ; Gewapende conflicten ; Natuurlijke hulpbronnen ; Grondstoffen ; Krieg ; Rohstoffreserve ; Environmentalism--Developing countries ; Environmental management--Developing countries | |||||||||||
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Collation | 91 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-87) and index. |
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Contents Notes | The relationship between resources and conflict -- The nature of resource conflicts -- Lootability and obstructability: factors in resource exploitation -- The resource curse -- The proliferation of arms and combatants -- How conflicts are financed by natural resource pillage -- Sierra Leone and Liberia: trapped in a vicious cycle? -- Democratic Republic of the Congo: the new wealth grab -- Angola: diamonds versus oil -- Colombia: narcotics, petroleum, and indigenous peoples -- How resource extraction can trigger conflict -- Indonesia: the Suharto legacy -- Bougainville: copper and secession -- Nigeria: repression in the delta -- Collateral damage: the environmental toll -- Sanctions, certification systems, and economic diversification. |