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Governing African Gold Mining

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-56354-5

ISBN: 978-1-137-56353-8

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

Nov 1, 2016

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Chapter 1Introduction

Elbra, Ainsley

Pages: 1 –33

[This chapter defines and outlines the resource curse as it applies to three of Africa’s largest gold-producing states—South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania. It uses World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and government data to highlight the importance of gold mining to these countries,...
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Chapter 2Theoretical Explanations for Firm-Led Governance

Elbra, Ainsley

Pages: 35 –65

[This chapter begins by providing an overview of the resource curse literature, highlighting the existing explanations for failed growth in resource-rich countries. In particular, it is noted that this well-developed scholarship is highly state-centric, ignoring the role of multinational firms....
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Chapter 3A History of Gold Mining in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania

Elbra, Ainsley

Pages: 67 –103

[In this chapter Elbra provides an overview of the gold mining industry in Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania. The chapter begins with an overview of African gold mining, its relative importance to the global economy and developing African countries and concludes with an in-depth discussion of each...
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Chapter 4Private Governance in the Gold Mining Sector

Elbra, Ainsley

Pages: 105 –137

[This chapter begins by exploring the literature on rationales for firm self-regulation. Secondly, this chapter traces the emergence of private governance in the mining sector, showing that a shift in norms and the growing expectation that business is responsible for the economic and social...
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Chapter 5Firms’ Rationales: Public Reporting

Elbra, Ainsley

Pages: 139 –174

[In this chapter Elbra examines firms’ rationales for engaging in private governance through content analysis of (2014) annual sustainability reporting. The chapter firstly introduces the methodological approach and outlines the coding procedure/rules. The analysis that follows posits that there...
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Chapter 6The Discursive Power of Firms

Elbra, Ainsley

Pages: 175 –200

[In this chapter Elbra argues that gold mining firms rely heavily on discursive power in order to promote firm-led regulation as a legitimate form of governance. In order to demonstrate this, a three faces of power framework is introduced highlighting the features of instrumental, structural and...
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Chapter 7Private Governance as a Solution to the Resource Curse

Elbra, Ainsley

Pages: 201 –219

[This chapter concludes the analysis and introduces a future research agenda. It demonstrates that firms operating in the gold mining sector contribute to industry regulation, and in so doing share sovereignty with the state. While many private governance initiatives have been developed to...

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