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Crude existence [[electronic resource] ] : environment and the politics of oil in Northern Angola / / Kristin Reed



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Autore: Reed Kristin <1977-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Crude existence [[electronic resource] ] : environment and the politics of oil in Northern Angola / / Kristin Reed Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
Disciplina: 967.304/2
Soggetto topico: Petroleum industry and trade - Angola
Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Angola
Petroleum industry and trade - Social aspects - Angola
Petroleum industry and trade - Environmental aspects - Angola
Political violence - Angola
Soggetto geografico: Angola Politics and government 1975-
Angola Economic conditions 1975-
Angola Social conditions
Soggetto non controllato: africa
angola
civil war
crude oil
degradation
economic boom
economic issues
environmental impact of oil
environmental policies
environmental science
environmentalists
exclusion
extraction zones
global economy
modern africa
money and power
national instability
natural resources
nonfiction
northern angola
offshore oil
oil boom
oil extraction
oil policies
oil politics
petrocapitalism
regional economy
scientists
traditional livelihoods
violence
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Washing Ashore -- 2. Petro-Capitalism -- 3. Petro-Violence -- 4. Shallow Graves -- 5. Unpalatable Compensation -- 6. Militant Territorialization -- 7. Corporate Territorialization -- Conclusion: Converging Shores -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: After decades of civil war and instability, the African country of Angola is experiencing a spectacular economic boom thanks to its most valuable natural resource: oil. But oil extraction--both on- and offshore--is a toxic remedy for the country's economic ills, with devastating effects on both the environment and traditional livelihoods. Focusing on the everyday realities of people living in the extraction zones, Kristin Reed explores the exclusion, degradation, and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola.
Titolo autorizzato: Crude existence  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-94258-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778946103321
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Serie: Global, area, and international archive.