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Behrends, Andrea ; Hoinathy, Remadji:
The Devil's Money : A Multi-level Approach to Acceleration and Turbulence in Oil-Producing Southern Chad.
In: Social Analysis.
Vol. 61
(2017)
Issue 3
.
- pp. 56-72.
ISSN 1558-5727
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/sa.2017.610304
Abstract in another language
This article analyzes the effects of a World Bank–promoted oil revenue distribution model in Chad. The authors engage the classic anthropological concerns of kinship and land tenure to examine how oil money has affected the southern Chadian oil zone. In determining whether oil money differs from money originating in other industries, two examples are used: the effects of salaries from pipeline construction on marriage payments and the effects of compensation payments on land ownership and kinship. With regard to these effects, the authors argue that oil generates a uniquely disruptive form of local inflation. They conclude that despite the World Bank’s measures to ensure that its oil model is transparent and socially just, these disruptions inhere in the model itself.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Former Professors > Professor Social and Cultural Anthropology with a Focus on Africa - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Behrends Profile Fields > Advanced Fields > African Studies Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Professor Social and Cultural Anthropology with a Focus on Africa Profile Fields Profile Fields > Advanced Fields Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Former Professors |
| Result of work at the UBT: | No |
| DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics 900 History and geography > 960 History of Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2020 09:41 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2024 12:33 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/54675 |