New title in DSA-OUP book series
Disrupted Development in the Congo: The Fragile Foundations of the African Mining Consensus, is the latest title in the DSA-OUP book series, and draws on author Ben Radley’s decades of research in DR Congo.
The book will be of interest to those working on issues related to mining, labour, industrialisation, and development in Congo, Africa, and across the global South more broadly – including in the context of rising demand for critical transition metals and minerals.
The book foregrounds the disruption created by foreign corporate-led mining and argues for a shift towards domestic forms of ownership and control. It also draws attention to a set of structural constraints (price volatility, enclavity, and low labour absorption) that severely limit the developmental potential of mining industrialisation in low-income African settings, irrespective of ownership & management structures.
On 28 November, a hybrid book launch will take place.
- Full details on how to attend online or in-person at the University of Bath.
A 30% discount code is available for purchases (use the code ASFLYQ6) and three chapters are available open access (hover over the ‘Open Access‘ button in the sidebar).
- Find out more about the OUP-DSA book series and how you could be an author.