The Geopolitics of Resource Wars: Resource Dependence, Governance and Violence (Routledge Studies in Geopolitics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415463785 ISBN 13: 9780415463782

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

This new book provides fresh and in-depth perspectives on so-called 'resource wars'. Highlighting the multiple forms of violence accompanying the history of resources exploitation, business practices supporting predatory regimes, insurgent groups and terrorists, this is an authoritative guide to the struggle for control of the world's resources. It includes key conceptual chapters and covers a wide range of case studies including: * the geopolitics of oil control in the Middle East, Central Asia and Columbia, * spaces of governance and 'petro-violence' in Nigeria * 'blood diamonds' and other minerals associated with conflicts in Sierra Leone and the Congo. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Geopolitics.

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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415463785
• ISBN 13: 9780415463782
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284
• Editor: Le Billon Philippe