Michael Nest: Coltan | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780745649320 | Coltan | Michael Nest | Taschenbuch | 200 S. | Englisch | 2011

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Beschreibung

A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops. Then, in 2000, reports began to leak out of Congo: of mines deep in the jungle where coltan was extracted in brutal conditions watched over by warlords. The United Nations sent a team to investigate, and its exposé of the relationship between violence and the exploitation of coltan and other natural resources contributed to a re-examination of scholarship on the motivations and strategies of armed groups.

The politics of coltan encompass rebel militias, transnational corporations, determined activists, Hollywood celebrities, the rise of China, and the latest iGadget. Drawing on Congolese and activist voices, Nest analyses the two issues that define coltan politics: the relationship between coltan and violence in the Congo, and contestation between activists and corporations to reshape the global tantalum supply chain. The way production and trade of coltan is organised creates opportunities for armed groups, but the Congo wars are not solely, or even primarily, about coltan or minerals generally. Nest argues the political significance of coltan lies not in its causal link to violence, but in activists' skillful use of mobile phones as a symbol of how ordinary people and transnational corporations far from Africa are implicated in Congo's coltan industry and therefore its conflict. Nest examines the challenges coltan initiatives face in an activist 'marketplace' crowded with competing justice issues, and identifies lessons from coltan initiatives for the geopolitics of global resources more generally.

Über den Autor

Michael Nest is an independent scholar working on governance and development issues related to natural resources. His previous book was on the economic dimensions of the Congo War.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of abbreviations.

List of Tables.

List of Figures.

List of Boxes.

Acknowledgements.

1. Introduction.

2. Organisation of production and trade.

3. Coltan, Congo and war.

4. Advocacy, campaigns and initiatives.

5. The future of coltan politics.

Selected readings.

Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2011
Genre:	Importe , Umwelt
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Ökologie
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	200 S.
ISBN-13:	9780745649320
ISBN-10:	0745649327
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Nest, Michael
Hersteller:	Polity Press John Wiley & Sons
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, product-safety@wiley.com
Maße:	209 x 151 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Michael Nest
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.04.2011
Gewicht:	0,352 kg

Artikel-ID: 133159400