Local elites' extraversion and repositioning : continuities and changes in Congo's mineral production networks
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- Sara Geenen and Jeroen Cuvelier (UGent)
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- This article calls for a historical and spatial approach to studying the role of local elites in mineral production networks, paying attention to how they operate across scales and how they navigate structural constraints over time. Using empirical data from different mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it conceptualizes local elites as those who access and control (exclude others from) the factors of production (land, labour and capital). It argues they are able to do so because they operate across scales (extraversion) and adapt to changes in the political economy (repositioning). The article highlights their role as labour mediators, (land/mineral) rent appropriators, capital accumulators and illuminates how coercion and redistribution may work together to achieve control.
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- Mining, Local elites, Extraversion, Access control, Democratic Republic of Congo, GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS, EASTERN, POWER
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8581262
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- Geenen, Sara, and Jeroen Cuvelier. “Local Elites’ Extraversion and Repositioning : Continuities and Changes in Congo’s Mineral Production Networks.” EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, edited by Gavin Hilson, vol. 6, no. 2, 2019, pp. 390–98.
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- Geenen, S., & Cuvelier, J. (2019). Local elites’ extraversion and repositioning : continuities and changes in Congo’s mineral production networks. EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, 6(2), 390–398.
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- Geenen, Sara, and Jeroen Cuvelier. 2019. “Local Elites’ Extraversion and Repositioning : Continuities and Changes in Congo’s Mineral Production Networks.” Edited by Gavin Hilson. EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL 6 (2): 390–98.
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- Geenen, Sara, and Jeroen Cuvelier. 2019. “Local Elites’ Extraversion and Repositioning : Continuities and Changes in Congo’s Mineral Production Networks.” Ed by. Gavin Hilson. EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL 6 (2): 390–398.
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- 1.Geenen S, Cuvelier J. Local elites’ extraversion and repositioning : continuities and changes in Congo’s mineral production networks. Hilson G, editor. EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL. 2019;6(2):390–8.
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- [1]S. Geenen and J. Cuvelier, “Local elites’ extraversion and repositioning : continuities and changes in Congo’s mineral production networks,” EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 390–398, 2019.
@article{8581262,
abstract = {This article calls for a historical and spatial approach to studying the role of local elites in mineral production networks, paying attention to how they operate across scales and how they navigate structural constraints over time. Using empirical data from different mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it conceptualizes local elites as those who access and control (exclude others from) the factors of production (land, labour and capital). It argues they are able to do so because they operate across scales (extraversion) and adapt to changes in the political economy (repositioning). The article highlights their role as labour mediators, (land/mineral) rent appropriators, capital accumulators and illuminates how coercion and redistribution may work together to achieve control.},
author = {Geenen, Sara and Cuvelier, Jeroen},
editor = {Hilson, Gavin},
issn = {2214-790X},
journal = {EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL},
keywords = {Mining,Local elites,Extraversion,Access control,Democratic Republic of Congo,GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS,EASTERN,POWER},
language = {eng},
number = {2},
pages = {390--398},
title = {Local elites' extraversion and repositioning : continuities and changes in Congo's mineral production networks},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2018.10.013},
volume = {6},
year = {2019},
}
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