Facets of Power e-bog
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The diamond fields of Chiadzwa, among the world,s largest sources of rough diamonds have been at the centre of struggles for power in Zimbabwe since their discovery in 2006. Against the backdrop of a turbulent political economy, control of Chiadzwa,s diamonds was hotly contested. By 2007 a new case of ,blood diamonds, had emerged, in which the country,s security forces engaged with informal min...
E-bog
302,96 DKK
Forlag
Weaver Press
Udgivet
18 april 2016
Længde
236 sider
Genrer
Human rights, civil rights
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781779222909
The diamond fields of Chiadzwa, among the world,s largest sources of rough diamonds have been at the centre of struggles for power in Zimbabwe since their discovery in 2006. Against the backdrop of a turbulent political economy, control of Chiadzwa,s diamonds was hotly contested. By 2007 a new case of ,blood diamonds, had emerged, in which the country,s security forces engaged with informal miners and black market dealers in the exploitation of rough diamonds, violently disrupting local communities and looting a key national resource. The formalisation of diamond mining in 2010 introduced new forms of large-scale theft, displacement and rights abuses. Facets of Power is the first comprehensive account of the emergence, meaning and profound impact of Chiadzwa,s diamonds. Drawing on new fieldwork and published sources, the contributors present a graphic and accessibly written narrative of corruption and greed, as well as resistance by those who have suffered at the hands of the mineral,s secretive and violent beneficiaries. If the lessons of resistance have been mostly disheartening ones, they also point towards more effective strategies for managing public resources, and mounting democratic challenges to elites whose power is sustained by preying on them.