Change for the Better, or More of the Same?

Contemporary Challenges: The Global Crime, Justice and Security Journal ◽

10.2218/ccj.v2.5411 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 209-226

Author(s):

Robyn Lawrence

Keyword(s):

Lithium Ion Battery ◽

Case Studies ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Lithium Ion ◽

Criminological Perspective ◽

Republic Of The Congo

This article analyses the lithium-ion Battery through a green criminological lens. It explores green criminological reasoning, particularly the framework of “ecocide,” in order to frame the renewables market as an area of emergent concern for criminologists. Two case studies are analysed in pursuit of this goal: the case of coltan Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and the case of lithium extraction in the “lithium triangle” nations of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. This article initially examines the issue of coltan mining through a mainstream criminological lens, before moving to explore the issues from a green criminological perspective. In doing so, the advantages of the green criminological model are highlighted, and it is demonstrated that the contemporary renewables market is an area of criminological interest.

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Background Paper for MFD Technical Assistance to Recent Post-Conflict Countries

Policy Papers ◽

10.5089/9781498329941.007 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 2004 (49) ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Sierra Leone ◽

Technical Assistance ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Background Information ◽

Post Conflict ◽

Timor Leste ◽

Republic Of The Congo

This paper provides background information to the paper “MFD Technical Assistance to Recent Post-Conflict Countries.” The paper presents case studies on eight countries: Afghanistan, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Serbia, Sierra Leone, and Timor-Leste.

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Effects of knowledge diffusion on international joint research and science convergence: Multiple case studies in the fields of lithium-ion battery, fuel cell and wind power

Technological Forecasting and Social Change ◽

10.1016/j.techfore.2016.03.017 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 108 ◽

pp. 15-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Dae-hyun Jeong ◽

Keuntae Cho ◽

Sangyong Park ◽

Soon-ki Hong

Keyword(s):

Fuel Cell ◽

Lithium Ion Battery ◽

Case Studies ◽

Wind Power ◽

Lithium Ion ◽

Knowledge Diffusion ◽

Joint Research ◽

International Joint ◽

Multiple Case ◽

Multiple Case Studies

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Geographies of Limited Statehood

The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Limited Statehood ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198797203.013.8 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 166-188 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Benedikt Korf ◽

Timothy Raeymaekers ◽

Conrad Schetter ◽

Michael J. Watts

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Case Studies ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Spatial Relationship ◽

Spatial Relations ◽

Political Authority ◽

Political Life ◽

Spatial Grammar ◽

Republic Of The Congo ◽

Insight Into

Starting from the presupposition that areas of limited statehood (ALS) are not ungoverned, but ‘differently’ governed, this chapter proposes a spatial grammar that analyses authority and governance as a socio-spatial relationship. This spatial grammar distinguishes four types of dynamic socio-spatial relations—territory, place, scale, and network—and enables us to spatially analyse (a) how political authority is contested, claimed, upheld, and disrupted; (b) how political life is negotiated, regulated, and practised; and (c) how these practices and their effects are spatially situated. We apply this spatial grammar to four case studies, each providing insight into one type of socio-spatial relations. These cases from Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), explain how the negotiation, contestation, and disruption of political authority is spatially situated and embedded in ALS. A spatial grammar focuses on the shifting, overlapping, and contradictory practices of claiming political and regulatory power.

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South Africa’s efforts to Project Influence and Power in Africa (2000 to 2017)

Strategic Review for Southern Africa ◽

10.35293/srsa.v41i1.233 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Barend Louwrens Prinsloo

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Case Studies ◽

Central African Republic ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

South Sudan ◽

African Continent ◽

Multilateral Institutions ◽

Policy Goals ◽

Republic Of The Congo

The article aims to explain the reasons and ways South Africa aimed to project influence and power on the African continent. It analyses the ways that SA projected influence through its foreign polices at the international and multilateral levels as well as the ways it used its military in support of its foreign policy goals. Case studies in this regard which are discussed include its involvement in Burundi, Darfur, Sudan, Libya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan. It is concluded that South Africa remained committed to its foreign policy goals but struggled to influence international and multilateral institutions to become involved or support these goals. Lastly, it concludes that South Africa’s aim to project power in Africa was unsuccessful. Therefore, South Africa could no longer be seen as middlepower but rather as an ever-weakening State.

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