Urbanisation and the Political Geographies of Violent Struggle for Power and Control : Mining Boomtowns in Eastern Congo
This chapter addresses rural–urban transformations in the Kivu provinces, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and more particularly focuses on the complex relationship between dynamics of violent conflict and the emergence of urban mining ‘boomtowns’. Mining towns offer fascinating sites from which...
Main Author: | Karen Büscher |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement
2018-10-01
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Series: | Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement |
Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/poldev/2769 |
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