Governing African Gold Mining

Private Governance and the Resource Curse
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-349-85047-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 239 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 336 g

Reihe: International Political Economy Series

This book takes a fresh approach to the puzzle of sub-Saharan Africa’s resource curse. Moving beyond current scholarship’s state-centric approach, it presents cutting-edge evidence gathered through interviews with mining company executives and industry representatives to demonstrate that firms are actively controlling the regulation of the gold mining sector. It shows how large mining firms with significant private authority in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania are able to engender rules and regulations that are acknowledged by other actors, and in some cases even adopted by the state. In doing so, it establishes that firms are co-governing Africa’s gold mining sector. By exploring the implications for resource-cursed states, this significant work argues that firm-led regulation can improve governance, but that many of these initiatives fail to address country/mine specific issues where there remains a role for the state in ensuring the benefits of mining flow to local communities. It will appeal to economists, political scientists, and policy-makers and practitioners working in the field of mining and extractives.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elbra, Ainsley

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Bergbau
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Explanations for Firm-Led Governance.- Chapter 3. A History of Gold Mining in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania.- Chapter 4. Private Governance in the Gold Mining Sector.- Chapter 5. Firms’ Rationales: Public Reporting.- Chapter 6. The Discursive Power of Firms.- Chapter 7. Private Governance as a Solution to the Resource Curse.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Appendix C.

Über Autor(innen)

Ainsley Elbra is a Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia. Prior to commencing her academic career she was a corporate banker with one of Australia’s largest financial institutions.