Global Incorporation and Local Conflict: Sierra Leonean Mining Regions
Global Incorporation and Local Conflict: Sierra Leonean Mining Regions
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全球一体化与地方冲突：塞拉利昂矿区
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00945.x
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
F. Akiwumi
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作者：
F. Akiwumi
摘要：本文利用世界体系核心-边缘框架来研究塞拉利昂矿区持续低水平冲突的性质和原因。冲突是地方性的，因为全球核心国家公司和周边弱国塞拉利昂之间的权力关系不对称，这种不对称反映在当地的矿区。这些关系中固有的结构性约束产生并维持了社会经济、文化和环境方面的不平等。本文揭示了矿区微观政治的复杂网络，包括弱势国家、剥削企业和压迫性的传统社会等级制度。研究结果与有效的政策制定和冲突解决有关。
Abstract: This paper draws upon a world-system core–periphery framework to examine the nature and causes of persistent low-level conflict in Sierra Leonean mining regions. Conflict is endemic because of asymmetrical power relations between global core-state corporations and peripheral weak-state Sierra Leone, which are mirrored locally within its mining regions. Structural constraints inherent in these relationships generate and sustain socioeconomic, cultural and environmental inequities. The paper reveals the complex web of micropolitics in the mining locale core-periphery microcosm involving a weak state, exploitative corporations and oppressive traditional social hierarchies. The findings are relevant to effective policy making and conflict resolution.