LEADER 04371nam 22006495 450 001 9910149433603321 005 20200630210233.0 010 $a1-137-56354-0 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-56354-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000926251 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-56354-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4731238 035 $a(PPN)259463957 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000926251 100 $a20161031d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGoverning African Gold Mining $ePrivate Governance and the Resource Curse /$fby Ainsley Elbra 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XV, 239 p. 12 illus.) 225 1 $aInternational Political Economy Series,$x2662-2483 311 $a1-137-56353-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Theoretical Explanations for Firm-Led Governance -- Chapter 3. A History of Gold Mining in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania -- Chapter 4. Private Governance in the Gold Mining Sector -- Chapter 5. Firms? Rationales: Public Reporting -- Chapter 6. The Discursive Power of Firms -- Chapter 7. Private Governance as a Solution to the Resource Curse -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C. 330 $aThis book takes a fresh approach to the puzzle of sub-Saharan Africa?s resource curse. Moving beyond current scholarship?s state-centric approach, it presents cutting-edge evidence gathered through interviews with mining company executives and industry representatives to demonstrate that firms are actively controlling the regulation of the gold mining sector. It shows how large mining firms with significant private authority in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania are able to engender rules and regulations that are acknowledged by other actors, and in some cases even adopted by the state. In doing so, it establishes that firms are co-governing Africa?s gold mining sector. By exploring the implications for resource-cursed states, this significant work argues that firm-led regulation can improve governance, but that many of these initiatives fail to address country/mine specific issues where there remains a role for the state in ensuring the benefits of mining flow to local communities. It will appeal to economists, political scientists, and policy-makers and practitioners working in the field of mining and extractives. Ainsley Elbra is a Sessional Academic at the University of Sydney, Australia. Prior to commencing her academic career she was a corporate banker with one of Australia?s largest financial institutions. 410 0$aInternational Political Economy Series,$x2662-2483 606 $aPolitical economy 606 $aNatural resources 606 $aAfrica?Politics and government 606 $aDevelopment economics 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aInternational Political Economy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912140 606 $aNatural Resource and Energy Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W48010 606 $aAfrican Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911090 606 $aDevelopment Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W42000 606 $aRegional Development$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/913050 607 $aAfrica$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 615 0$aPolitical economy. 615 0$aNatural resources. 615 0$aAfrica?Politics and government. 615 0$aDevelopment economics. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 14$aInternational Political Economy. 615 24$aNatural Resource and Energy Economics. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 615 24$aDevelopment Economics. 615 24$aRegional Development. 676 $a339.5 700 $aElbra$b Ainsley$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0991281 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149433603321 996 $aGoverning African Gold Mining$92268385 997 $aUNINA