Contradictions to decent African jobs under energy transition-related extractivism: the case of graphite mining in Mozambique

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Review of African Political Economy Pub Date : 2023-10-02 DOI:10.1080/03056244.2023.2288485

E. Namaganda

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The power of African labour to bargain for better terms of employment is an important precondition to ensuring decent jobs under energy transition-related resource (ETR) extraction and the global renewable energy sector more broadly. Through the lens of graphite mining communities in Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique, this article examines the socio-economic contradictions constraining the power of residents to negotiate decent jobs from ETR projects in Cabo Delgado and other regions of the country. Six principal but intertwined contradictions are identified, including regional antipathies and limited livelihood alternatives, engaging energy transition discussions in Mozambique on the issues unfolding at the local level which inhibit workers from negotiating decent jobs. A micro-level perspective to examining challenges to decent African jobs enables critical reflection on the local aptness of climate change policies, such as the energy transition, which are predominantly discussed at the global, regional and national levels.

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与能源转型相关的采掘主义下非洲体面工作的矛盾：莫桑比克石墨开采案例

摘要非洲劳工争取更好就业条件的谈判能力是确保能源转型相关资源（ETR）开采和全球可再生能源部门提供体面工作的重要先决条件。本文以莫桑比克德尔加杜角省的石墨开采社区为视角，探讨了制约居民从德尔加杜角省和该国其他地区的能源转型相关资源开采项目中争取体面工作的社会经济矛盾。文章指出了六种主要但相互交织的矛盾，包括地区反感和有限的生计选择，使莫桑比克的能源转型讨论涉及到地方层面正在发生的问题，这些问题阻碍了工人就体面工作进行谈判。从微观层面审视非洲体面工作所面临的挑战，有助于批判性地反思气候变化政策（如能源转型）在当地的适用性，这些政策主要在全球、地区和国家层面进行讨论。

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Review of African Political Economy Multiple-

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3.00

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7.70%

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期刊介绍： The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) is a refereed journal committed to encouraging high quality research and fostering excellence in the understanding of African political economy. Published quarterly by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group for the ROAPE international collective it has since 1974 provided radical analysis of trends and issues in Africa. It has paid particular attention to the political economy of inequality, exploitation and oppression, whether driven by global forces or local ones (such as class, race, community and gender), and to materialist interpretations of change in Africa. It has sustained a critical analysis of the nature of power and the state in Africa.