The Political Economy of Rare Earth Elements: Rising Powers and Technological Change

The contributors argue that rare earths are essential to the information technology revolution on which humans have come to depend for communication, commerce, and, increasingly, engage in conflict. They demonstrate that rare earths are a strategic commodity over which political actors will and do struggle for control.

Author: Ryan David Kiggins
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/27/2015
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781137364234

About the Author
Jost Wübbeke, Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin, Germany. Steve Dobransky, Independent Researcher. Kyoko Hatakeyama, Kansai Gaidai University, Japan. Sean Noah Walsh, Capital University, USA. Maximilian Rech, ESSCA School of Management, China. Fanny Verrax, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France. Michael Skinner, York University, Canada. Julie Klinger, University of California, Berkley, USA. Mauro J. Caraccioli, University of Florida, USA. Louis Furmanski, University of Central Oklahoma USA.