Race, resources, conflict
In: Social work: a journal of the National Association of Social Workers, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 24-30
ISSN: 1545-6846
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In: Social work: a journal of the National Association of Social Workers, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 24-30
ISSN: 1545-6846
In: The China quarterly, Heft 230, S. 489-511
ISSN: 1468-2648
Mineral resource extraction has frequently caused social tensions in China. This research examines the reactive and pre-emptive strategies used by the Chinese state to cope with resource conflicts. Based on extensive fieldwork in multiple mining areas, we find that the Chinese local state actively mediates between the mining sector and local citizens, and skilfully suppresses collective protests. More importantly, it pre-emptively intervenes in dispute-prone processes and redistributes resource wealth to create vested interests and mitigate popular grievances. We argue that the active state intervention in resource conflicts in China is driven by the party-state's tight control of local officials, which prevents local capture by resource interests, and enabled by the party-state's deep reach into society, which allows grassroots governments to negotiate between conflicting interests and mobilize resources towards conflict resolution. (China Q/GIGA)
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In: Jing Vivian Zhan and Ming Zeng, 2017. "Resource Conflict Resolution in China", the China Quarterly, 230, pp. 489-511
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In: The China quarterly, Band 230, S. 489-511
ISSN: 1468-2648
AbstractMineral resource extraction has frequently caused social tensions in China. This research examines the reactive and pre-emptive strategies used by the Chinese state to cope with resource conflicts. Based on extensive fieldwork in multiple mining areas, we find that the Chinese local state actively mediates between the mining sector and local citizens, and skilfully suppresses collective protests. More importantly, it pre-emptively intervenes in dispute-prone processes and redistributes resource wealth to create vested interests and mitigate popular grievances. We argue that the active state intervention in resource conflicts in China is driven by the party-state's tight control of local officials, which prevents local capture by resource interests, and enabled by the party-state's deep reach into society, which allows grassroots governments to negotiate between conflicting interests and mobilize resources towards conflict resolution.
In: Journal of peace research, Band 42, Heft 1, S. 47-65
ISSN: 1460-3578
Resource availability is frequently linked with historic and potential international conflict. Conventional wisdom holds that international resource conflict occurs in locations where growing resource demand and declining supplies are greatest. While relative scarcity is undoubtedly an element driving international resource dispute, a focus on supply and demand measures alone is insufficient to understand international conflict potential, because of the pervasive willingness of nations to construct regimes, structures, and frameworks – that is, institutions – for dispute mitigation. However, institutions for regulating the use of internationally scarce resources sometimes fail to develop, and when they do, they are not always sufficiently resilient to deal with changing political and resource environments. Thus, international resource conflict is most likely to occur where there exist both resource scarcity and insufficient institutional capacity to deal with it. In particular, conflict is most likely to emerge in those areas where (1) resource sovereignty is ill defined or non-existent, (2) existing institutional regimes are destroyed by political change, and/or (3) rapid changes in resource environments outpace the capacity of institutions to deal with the change. A mitigation strategy for potential international resource conflict is the construction of resilient resource management institutions, along with the improvement of existing institutions. To be most effective, these institutions should be clear in terms of resource allocation and quality control; be constructed with an intrinsic ability to adjust to changing political and environmental conditions; promote positive-sum solutions to resource problems; and incorporate structured conflict resolution mechanisms.
In: Peace review: the international quarterly of world peace, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 387-398
ISSN: 1040-2659
Deals with environmental problems and disputes over natural resources in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, in context of the 1997 regional financial crisis. Included in a collection of articles under the overall title "Alternative security in the Asia-Pacific".
"Oil, gas and minerals are vital natural resources which meet crucial human needs. Modern civilisation would struggle to survive without readily available access to these resources at reasonable and affordable prices. This volume provides critical insights into the dynamic processes of conflict and cooperation in relation to oil, gas and minerals, recognising that there is no easy and clear separation between areas of cooperation and of conflict and that these relations co-exist in complex and continually evolving ways. The contributors argue that the nature of conflict and cooperation is increasingly being shaped by the shift towards state capitalism in many parts of the resource-producing world."--Publisher's website.
In: Naval War College review, Band 56, Heft 4, S. 82-96
ISSN: 0028-1484
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In: Peace review: peace, security & global change, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 387-391
ISSN: 1469-9982
In: International review of law and economics, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 97-99
ISSN: 0144-8188
In: International affairs, Band 58, Heft 3, S. 501-502
ISSN: 1468-2346
In: Journal of peace research, Band 42, S. 47-65
ISSN: 0022-3433
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In: Journal of peace research, Band 42, Heft 1, S. 47-66
ISSN: 0022-3433