Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-87) and index.
Contents
The relationship between resources and conflict -- The nature of resource conflicts -- Lootability and obstructability : factors in resource exploitation -- The resource curse -- The proliferation of arms and combatants -- How conflicts are financed by natural resource pillage -- Sierra Leone and Liberia : trapped in a vicious cycle? -- Democratic Republic of the Congo : the new wealth grab -- Angola : diamonds versus oil -- Colombia : narcotics, petroleum, and indigenous peoples -- How resource extraction can trigger conflict -- Indonesia : the Suharto legacy -- Bougainville : copper and secession -- Nigeria : repression in the delta -- Collateral damage : the environmental toll -- Sanctions, certification systems, and economic diversification.
