New publication: Zgubne Transakcje. Fatal Transactions

D. Kopiński, A. Polus (eds.), 2010, Zgubne Transakcje. Fatal Transactions, Difin: Warszawa.

This book is a collection of papers prepared for the Fatal Transactions international conference held in Wroclaw in 2007 (The resource curse in Africa: from fatal to fair transactions) organised as a part of Fatal Transations project but also natural resources-related research done by academics and PhD students based in the Institute of International Studies, University of Wroclaw. The volume was published in March 2010 by Difin Publishing House (223 pages). It includes papers written both in English and Polish to assure the widest reception possible and accessibility in Poland as well as in other new member states. A part of the print will be circulated free of charge among various Eastern European research institutions, universities and NGOs for the purpose of awareness rising/development education. The 15 papers selected for the publication by the editorial board are as follows: Chris Albin-Lackey (Human Rights Watch, USA), Resource Control, Corruption and Violence in the Niger Delta, Daniel Bach (Science-Po Bordeaux), Africa's commodity boom: the pitfalls of change without reform, Morten Bøås (Fato Institute, Norway), Diamond-mining in Sierra Leone: unruly youth or ordinary boys?, Konrad Czernichowski (IIS, University of Wroclaw), Ropa naftowa jako czynnik destabilizujący sytuację polityczno-gospodarczą w Sudanie, Konrad Czernichowski (IIS, University of Wroclaw), Child Soldiers and the Extraction of Mineral Resources in Africa - Tracing the Link, Degefe Gemechu (University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn), Conflict over mineral resources in Ethiopia, Alyson King (EC, DG RELEX), The Kimberley Process: fighting conflict diamonds. A view from the EC, Dominik Kopiński (IIS, University of Wroclaw), Diamonds for Development: Botswana Success Story, Dominik Kopiński (IIS, University of Wroclaw), Bank Światowy jako katalizator rozwoju państw naftowych. Przypadek ropociągu Czad-Kamerun, Bara Ndiaye (University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn), Africa’s natural resources. A case study of the activities of two French companies, Total and AREVA, Andrzej Polus (IIS, University of Wroclaw), Rozwój polityczny Zambii w okresie postkolonialnym, Aleksander Smardz (Insitute of Political Science, University of Wroclaw), Surowce mineralne a problem samostanowienia i integralności terytorialnej w Afryce Północnej. Przypadek Saharyjskiej Arabskiej Republiki Demokratycznej, Steven Spittaels, Filip Hilgert (IPIS, Belgium), Are Congo’s mines the main target of the armed groups on its soil? A geographical test, Dariusz Sypeń (IIS, University of Wroclaw), Wojna domowa w Angoli a handel diamentami, Wojciech Tycholiz (IIS, University of Wroclaw), Kryzys w Delcie Nigru.

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