Publication

2010 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

74,500 words, Guess

Page Count

298 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780230104983
  • Open LibraryOL24452851M

Classifications

  • DDC338.2/743096894
  • LCCHD9539.C7 Z339 2010
  • LCCGN643-GN661HF4999.2-

Description

"This book aims to understand Zambia's renowned Copperbelt region within a broad historical context and revive the tradition of scholarship that places Zambian experiences within a global perspective"-- "This book paints a vivid picture of Zambia's experience riding the copper price rollercoaster. It brings together the best of recent research on Zambia's mining industry from eminent scholars in history, geography, anthropology, politics, sociology and economics. The authors discuss how aid donors pressed Zambia to privatize its key industry and how multinational mining houses took advantage of tax-breaks and lax regulation. It considers the opportunities and dangers presented by Chinese investment, how both companies and the Zambian state responded to dramatic instabilities in global commodity markets since 2004, and how frustration with the courting of mining multinationals has led to the rise of populist opposition. This detailed study of a key industry in a poor Central African state tells us a great deal about the unstable nature and uneven impacts of the whole global economic system"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Zambia, mining, and neoliberalism: boom and bust on the globalized copperbeltPalgrave Macmillan2010-01-01

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!