Global Incorporation and Local Conflict: Sierra Leonean Mining Regions
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2012
Keywords
mining conflict, Sierra Leone, land rights, environmental degradation, core–periphery inequities
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00945.x
Abstract
This paper draws upon a world‐system core–periphery framework to examine the nature and causes of persistent low‐level conflict in Sierra Leonean mining regions. Conflict is endemic because of asymmetrical power relations between global core‐state corporations and peripheral weak‐state Sierra Leone, which are mirrored locally within its mining regions. Structural constraints inherent in these relationships generate and sustain socioeconomic, cultural and environmental inequities. The paper reveals the complex web of micropolitics in the mining locale core‐periphery microcosm involving a weak state, exploitative corporations and oppressive traditional social hierarchies. The findings are relevant to effective policy making and conflict resolution.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Antipode, v. 44, issue 3, p. 581-600
Scholar Commons Citation
Akiwumi, Fenda A., "Global Incorporation and Local Conflict: Sierra Leonean Mining Regions" (2012). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 2045.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/2045
