Armed Conflict in Mozambique in 2013
In the context of an investment boom in the extractive sector, Mozambique recently experienced another armed conflict. The correlation between natural resources abundance and dependence and violent conflict is widely known as ‘resource curse’. This study examines whether the outbreak of armed confl...
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In the context of an investment boom in the extractive sector, Mozambique recently experienced another armed conflict. The correlation between natural resources abundance and dependence and violent conflict is widely known as ‘resource curse’. This study examines whether the outbreak of armed conflict in Mozambique is a resource curse. The research finds that natural resources are related to but insufficient to explain the outbreak of armed conflict. The new discovery of natural resources changes both the magnitude and distribution of rents what threatens the existing power distribution between the waring parties, Frelimo and Renamo. The change in power distribution changes the socio-economic and political context, or political settlement, and when these changes give rise to certain conditions, violent conflict emerges. These conditions explain the outbreak of armed conflict in Mozambique.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ea85cb810f74250ba8578df17d6645b2023-10-13T18:24:32ZengInternational Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)Politikon2414-66332015-07-012710.22151/politikon.27.2Armed Conflict in Mozambique in 2013Cornelia Körtl0University of London In the context of an investment boom in the extractive sector, Mozambique recently experienced another armed conflict. The correlation between natural resources abundance and dependence and violent conflict is widely known as ‘resource curse’. This study examines whether the outbreak of armed conflict in Mozambique is a resource curse. The research finds that natural resources are related to but insufficient to explain the outbreak of armed conflict. The new discovery of natural resources changes both the magnitude and distribution of rents what threatens the existing power distribution between the waring parties, Frelimo and Renamo. The change in power distribution changes the socio-economic and political context, or political settlement, and when these changes give rise to certain conditions, violent conflict emerges. These conditions explain the outbreak of armed conflict in Mozambique. https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/117armed conflictdistribution of powerMozambiquenatural resourcespolitical settlementrent-allocation |
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| title | Armed Conflict in Mozambique in 2013 |
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| title_short | Armed Conflict in Mozambique in 2013 |
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| topic | armed conflict distribution of power Mozambique natural resources political settlement rent-allocation |
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