| Description |
1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Abstract -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Acronyms -- Explanation of terminology as used in this study -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- 1 Introduction -- Orientation and background to the study -- The CLS and the Aawambo connection -- Man's inhumanity to man: the degrading, dehumanizing and oppressive nature of the CLS -- CDM in a colonial setting -- Early diamond mining activities and the Sperrgebiet -- Arrival of Ernest Oppenheimer, the Halbscheid Agreement, and the formation of CDM |
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De Beers as a warden of the international diamond cartel -- CDM and the South West African colonial state: a symbiotic relationship -- Racism and oppression at CDM -- CDM and the Thirion Commission -- CDM and the global capitalist system -- Statement of the problem -- Research questions -- Main research question addressed by the study -- Supplementary research questions -- Significance of the study -- Limitations of the study -- Delimitation of the study -- Outline of the remaining chapters -- 2 The 'Natural Resource Curse' Theory: Commissions, Omissions and Limitations -- Introduction |
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History and basic tenets of the natural resources curse theory -- Application and analysis of the natural resources curse: the various approaches -- The 'Dutch disease' -- Revenue volatility -- The political conditions -- Asymmetric information, agency, and bargaining power -- Evolution and the critique of the natural resources curse theory -- From natural resource-curse inevitability to alternative explanations -- Beyond GDP's deterministic focus -- Alternative perspectives on the political economy of illegal diamonds in Owamboland -- Agency, rent seeking, and morality in a colonial setting |
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Epistemic challenges and an alternative epistemology -- Epistemic exclusion, decoloniality, and the native's subjectivity -- Decolonial insights from the case study -- Conclusion -- 3 Research Methodology -- Introduction -- Justifying the units of analysis -- Research design -- Population of the study -- Sampling -- Research instruments -- Data-gathering procedure -- Methods of data analysis -- Challenges encountered and remedies -- The POCA challenge -- Fear of participating in the study and suspicion of the researcher's motives -- Non-cooperative participants |
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Fear of De Beers and the world diamond cartels -- Trade covenants, organisational culture, and institutional commitment -- Research ethics -- Conclusion -- 4 The Natives and the Diamonds in Colonial Namibia-Methods, Strategies and Tactics for Smuggling Diamonds at CDM -- Introduction -- The fact of diamond smuggling at CDM -- Osheelo and the native diamond-smuggling syndicate -- The 'gift of nature': domesticated pigeons -- The 'back way': the readily-available rectum -- The 'holy shield': the Lutheran pastors -- The luggage conveyor belt -- The 'blind spots' -- The collaborating insiders |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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The collaborating outsiders |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783906927466 |
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3906927466 |
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