Screen LibraryOil-age Africa : critical reflections on oil politics, resource economies and extractive communities /
"Following a wave of oil discoveries in Africa, Oil-Age Africa offers new perspectives and critical reflections on the prevalent academic discourses on oil in Africa. This collection brings together researchers from the social sciences to challenge simplified readings of the complex realities o...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | [2023] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English French |
| Series: |
Africa-Europe group for interdisciplinary studies,
volume 29 |
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| Summary: |
"Following a wave of oil discoveries in Africa, Oil-Age Africa offers new perspectives and critical reflections on the prevalent academic discourses on oil in Africa. This collection brings together researchers from the social sciences to challenge simplified readings of the complex realities of oil politics, economies and societies through theoretical critique and 'on the ground' ethnographic methods. Climate change highlights the need to understand the intricate ways societies are built on and for oil energy. Oil-Age Africa analyses the effects of oil production and the global energy structure, offering relevant insights and avenues for future research on oil"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 281 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004530058 9004530053 |
| Index Number: | HD9577 |
| CLC: | F440.62-05 |
| Call Number: | F440.62-05/O391 |
| Contents: | Introductory Reflections on Oil in Africa / Jannik Schritt and Annika Witte -- Dis/Entanglement and the Resource Curse: Structural Policy in Oil-Rich Countries / Helmut Asche -- Rural Rentierism? The Rentier State Theory and Its Applicability to Local Spaces in Gabon / Joseph N. Mangarella -- "Night Milk": Energy Development and Conflict in Kenya's Turkana County / Immo Eulenberger -- Captage régional et politique de la rente pétrolière: Les collectivités territoriales face à la raffinerie du pétrole à Zinder (Niger) / Harouna Abdoutan -- Dis/Entangling Ghana's Oil and Gas Industry: Economics, Politics and Infrastructure / Monica Skaten -- La responsabilité sociale des entreprises comme dés/enchevêtrement : L'industrie pétrolière au Tchad / Yorbana Seign-Goura -- Tullow Oil, Corporate Social Responsibility and Dis/Entanglement in Uganda's Oil Industry / Laura Smith and James Van Alstine -- "I Have a Vision of a Modern City, a Properly Planned City": Neoliberal Planning and Speculative Practices in Ghana's Oil City, an Ethnographic Analysis / Geertrui Vannoppen -- L'enclave pétrolière de Diffa ? La théorie de la malédiction des ressources et le désenclavement social et économique d'une commune pétrolière au Niger / Mahamidou Aboubacar Attahirou -- De l'argent facile ? Pétrole et transformation rurale-urbaine dans la région de Zinder (Niger) / Salissou Oubandoma and Jannik Schritt |