Crude existence : environment and the politics of oil in Northern Angola /
After decades of civil war and instability, the African country of Angola is experiencing a spectacular economic boom thanks to its most valuable natural resource: oil. But oil extraction--both on- and offshore--is a toxic remedy for the country's economic ills, with devastating effects on both...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2009.
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Colección: | Global, area, and international archive.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Washing ashore
- Petro-capitalism
- Petro-violence
- Shallow graves
- Unpalatable compensation
- Militant territorialization
- Corporate territorialization
- Conclusion : converging shores.