Mineral Wealth and Protest in Sub-Saharan Africa | African Studies Review | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)

Abstract:

Challenging the scholarship on the relationship between natural resources and civil society, this article advances a framework that differentiates the various types of protests surrounding mineral extraction in sub-Saharan Africa and explains how this extraction encourages contentious activity. On the basis of protest event data from thirty-nine countries in SSA for the 1990–2006 period, as well as available survey data, the article provides confirming evidence that mineral wealth increases protest activity.

Résumé:

Contestant les recherches faites sur la relation entre les ressources naturelles et la société civile, cet article propose un model qui différencie les différents types de manifestations autour de l’extraction minière en Afrique subsaharienne et explique comment cette extraction encourage une activité contentieuse. Sur la base de données d’événement de protestation dans trente-neuf pays d’Afrique en SSA pour la période de 1990–2006, ainsi que de données disponibles, l’article fournit des preuves confirmant que la richesse minérale augmente les activités de protestation.

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