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Nuclear (Geo)Political Ecologies: A Hybrid Geography of Chinese Investment in Namibia’s Uranium Sector
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Abstract Namibia’s Husab uranium mine is the Chinese government’s largest investment in Africa to date. This article develops a theoretical framework of hybridity to analyse the (geo)political and ecological implications of China’s rising global influence in uranium mining. Drawing on multiple-methods fieldw... view more
Namibia’s Husab uranium mine is the Chinese government’s largest investment in Africa to date. This article develops a theoretical framework of hybridity to analyse the (geo)political and ecological implications of China’s rising global influence in uranium mining. Drawing on multiple-methods fieldwork, the article explains how Husab has resuscitated Namibia’s uranium industry and facilitated the political goals of both Chinese and Namibian leaders. Husab’s materialisation of “South–South solidarity,” however, also appears to be deepening the marginalisation of minority communities near uranium mines. Far from paradoxical, this uneven distribution of benefits and costs is as intertwined with nuclear geopolitics as it is with the materiality of uranium mining.... view less
Keywords
China; Namibia; geopolitics; ecological consequences; mining; post-colonialism; politics; purpose; minority; bilateral relations
Classification
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Free Keywords
China; Namibia; mining; postcolonialism; Uran
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 53-83
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 46 (2017) 3
Issue topic
Political Ecology of a Rising China
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; reviewed