Overview
- Provides a significant new analysis of why African countries have not benefited from their mineral resources
- Critically examines the actions of mining firms rather than focusing simply on failures of governance
- Combines literature on business with that on the extractive industry to valuable effect
Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“Ainsley Elbra has produced a fascinating analysis and empirical study of the role of private governance in addressing the resource curse, devoting special attention to the mining industry in sub-Saharan Africa, and demonstrating that private governance can have significant positive effects. She provides important and interesting new insights into how these effects vary across types of firms and the types of roles business plays in governance.” (Tony Porter, McMaster University, Canada)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governing African Gold Mining
Book Subtitle: Private Governance and the Resource Curse
Authors: Ainsley Elbra
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56354-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56353-8Published: 10 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-85047-1Published: 13 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56354-5Published: 31 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 239
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Political Economy, Natural Resource and Energy Economics, African Politics, Development Economics, Regional Development