Bauxite Mining in Africa

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Bauxite Mining in Africa is written by Johannes Knierzinger and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319527061 (ISBN 10) and 9783319527062 (ISBN 13).

This book deals with the consequences of the inclusion of African states and communities in the global aluminium chain. The so-called “New Scramble for Africa” of the 2000s illustrated how seriously African living conditions are affected by continuous cycles of boom and bust, and how strongly the quality of life currently depends on the investment decisions and corporate social responsibility policies of transnational corporations. Taking the example of the global production network of bauxite and aluminium, the author focuses on the socio-political aspects of this dependency, which he achieves through the conducting of a series of interviews with various involved parties.