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Geopolitics of Resource Wars

Philippe Le Billon
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      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Philippe Le Billon EAN: 9780415463782 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 530 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2007-12-24 CITY: GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Development studies, Politics and government

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      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.
      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Philippe Le Billon EAN: 9780415463782 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 530 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2007-12-24 CITY: GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Development studies, Politics and government

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      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.

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