Bauxite Mining in Africa Transnational Corporate Governance and Development /

• Main Author: Knierzinger, Johannes (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: International Political Economy Series,
• Subjects: Political economy.; Africa-Politics and government.; Economic development.; Globalization.; Development economics.; Political sociology.; International Political Economy.; African Politics.; Regional Development.; Development Economics.; Political Sociology.

This book deals with the consequences of the inclusion of African states and communities in the global aluminium chain. The so-called "New Scramble for Africa" of the 2000s illustrated how seriously African living conditions are affected by continuous cycles of boom and bust, and how stron...