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The anthropology of extraction: critical perspectives on the resource curse

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posted on 2023-06-08, 23:03 authored by Dinah RajakDinah Rajak, Emma Gilberthorpe
Attempts to address the resource curse remain focussed on revenue management, seeking technical solutions to political problems over examinations of relations of power. In this paper, we provide a review of the contribution anthropological research has made over the past decade to understanding the dynamic interplay of social relations, economic interests and struggles over power at stake in the political economy of extraction. In doing so, we show how the constellation of subaltern and elite agency at work within processes of resource extraction is vital in order to confront the complexities, incompatibilities, and inequities in the exploitation of mineral resources.

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  • Published

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Journal

Journal of Development Studies

ISSN

0022-0388

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

2

Volume

53

Page range

186-204

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  • Anthropology Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-11-04

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-10-22

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-11-04

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