The International Politics of Africa's Strategic Minerals

by Bloomsbury Academic

Overview

This important new study examines the present and future role of Africa's strategic mineral resources in global defense and in the international economic system. Beginning with an overview of the situation as a whole, the author discusses the role of transnational corporations in the exploitation of Africa's mineral resources and explains the implications of the theories of Matthew Effect, dependency, core-periphery, and imperialism. Among the issues Ogunbadejo considers are the political economy of strategic minerals; the political significance of American, European, and Soviet dependence on these minerals vis-a-vis their relations with the producer nations; and the impact of geopolitical considerations on U.S./South African relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313248030
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/24/1985
Series:	Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets , #88
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Oye Ogunbadejo is Professor of Political Science at Redeemer's University, Nigeria.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. African Strategic Minerals in the International System
2. The Exploitation of Africa's Strategic Minerals: Some Theoretical Explanations Revisited
3. Africa's Strategic Minerals and the North-South System
4. The International Politics of Africa's Uranium
5. Uranium, South Africa's Nuclear Capability and World Peace
6. Uranium, African States and Nuclear Proliferation
7. Africa's Strategic Minerals in Perspective
Index