The geopolitics of resource wars : resource dependence, governance and violence / edited by Philippe Le Billon.

"This book is a special issue of the journal Geopolitics"--1st prelim. p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The geopolitical economy of `resource wars` / Philippe Le Billon -- Natural resources and civil strife: a two-stage process / Richard M. Auty -- Resource curse? governmentality, oil and power in the Niger Delta, Nigeria / Michael Watts -- Oil and the political economy of conflict in Columbia and beyond: a linkages approach / Thad Dunning and Leslie Wirpsa -- From free oil to "freedom oil": terrorism, war and US geopolitics in the Persian Gulf / Philippe Le Billon and Fouad El Khatib - Great game or grubby game? the struggle for control of the Caspian / Sarah L. O`Hara -- Resources and conflict in the Caspian Sea / Shannon O`Lear -- Coercive western energy security strategies: `resource wars` as a new threat to global security / Susanne Peters -- The geopolitics of conflict and diamonds in Sierra Leone / Marilyn Silberfein -- Identity, space and the political economy of conflict in Central Africa / Kevin C. Dunn.