Extractive industries and changing state dynamics in Africa : beyond the resource curse / edited by Jon Schubert, Ulf Engel and Elísio Macamo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Africa's re-enchantment with big infrastructure : white elephants dancing in virtuous circles? / Paul Nugent -- Port geographies : Africa's infrastructure boom and the reconfiguration of power and authority / Jana Hönke -- The "blue economy" and operation phakisa : prospects for an emerging developmental state in South Africa? / Ulf Engel -- The dynamics and processes involved in the emergence of participatory mining codes in Cameroon / Erika Tchatchouang -- The politics of LNG : local state power and contested demands for land acquisitions in Palma, Mozambique / Padil Salimo -- Radical mineral policy with retribalisation? : mining and politics of difference in rural South Africa / Sonwabile Mnwana -- The local state in a new mining area in Zambia's north-western province / Rita Kesselring -- Political legacies in Ghana's petroleum industry / Monica Skaten -- The political ecology of the state / Elísio Macamo, Jon Schubert and Ulf Engel.