Mines, communities, and states : the local politics of natural resource extraction in Africa /
Steinberg, Jessica,1984-author.
When do local communities benefit from natural resource extraction? In some regions of natural resource extraction, firms provide goods and services to local communities, but in others, protest may occur, leading to government regulatory or repressive intervention. Mines, Communities, and States explores these outcomes in Africa, where natural resource extraction is a particularly important source of revenue for states with otherwise limited capacity. Blending a mixture of methodological approaches, including formal modelling, structured case comparison, and quantitative geo-spatial empirical analysis, it argues that local populations are important actors in extractive regions because they have the potential to impose political and economic costs on the state as well as the extractive firm. Jessica Steinberg argues that governments, in turn, must assess the economic benefits of extraction and the value of political support in the region, and make a calculation about how to manage trade-offs that might arise between these alternatives.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The local politics of natural resource extraction: a theory -- A logic of governance -- Model: a (more) formal logic -- Local politics on the ground -- On comparative case analysis -- Two firms, one country: coal in Tete, Mozambique -- Two countries, one firm: mining the copperbelt in Zambia and DRC -- Comparative implications -- Beyond Mozambique, Zambia and DRC -- Generalizing the theory -- On social mobilization near mines -- On repression near mines -- Conclusion: What next?
When do local communities benefit from natural resource extraction? In some regions of natural resource extraction, firms provide goods and services to local communities, but in others, protest may occur, leading to government regulatory or repressive intervention. Mines, Communities, and States explores these outcomes in Africa, where natural resource extraction is a particularly important source of revenue for states with otherwise limited capacity. Blending a mixture of methodological approaches, including formal modelling, structured case comparison, and quantitative geo-spatial empirical analysis, it argues that local populations are important actors in extractive regions because they have the potential to impose political and economic costs on the state as well as the extractive firm. Jessica Steinberg argues that governments, in turn, must assess the economic benefits of extraction and the value of political support in the region, and make a calculation about how to manage trade-offs that might arise between these alternatives.
Mines and mineral resources
Mineral industries
Mineral industries
Economic development projects
Economic development projects
Mines and mineral resources.