E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 204 Seiten, E-Book
Reihe: PRS - Polity Resources series
ISBN: 978-0-7456-8278-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Diamonds brings together for the first time all aspects of thediamond industry. In it, Ian Smillie, former UN Security Councilinvestigator and leading figure in the blood diamonds campaign,offers a comprehensive analysis of the history and structure oftoday's diamond trade, the struggle for effective regulationand the challenges ahead. There is, he argues, greaterdiversification and competition than ever before, but thanks to thesuccess of the Kimberley Process, this coveted and prestigious gemnow represents a fragile but renewed opportunity for development insome of the world's poorest nations. This part of the diamondstory has rarely been told.
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Abbreviations page vi
Introduction 1
1 The Geology and History of Diamonds 6
2 Supply and Demand - The Business of Diamonds 16
3 Blood Diamonds 43
4 Activism 68
5 Regulation 88
6 Power and Politics 99
7 Development 142
8 Loose Ends 164
Notes 171
Selected readings 180
Index 184