"Following diamonds from African mines to the necklines of high society women, this international history shows why Jews were central to the transatlantic gem trade and its growth into a global industry.During the late nineteenth century, tens of thousands of diggers, prospectors, merchants, and...

"The history of mass-market diamonds goes back to German imperialism in Southwest Africa. Corporate power and state violence combined in the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples, whose mineral-rich land supplied budding consumer demand in the United States. Steven Press makes clear that mass...

While cluster research for a long time has analyzed the internal networks that characterize regional clusters, more recent work aims at understanding how clusters connect to geographically distant regions. In this context, it was argued that external cluster linkages facilitate access to...

While the role of illegal markets in contemporary inner-state wars has drawn considerable attention from both researchers and policy makers, very little is known about the fate of these "war economies" after the end of violent conflict. This paper aims to contribute to an understanding of the...

Was wird aus Kriegsökonomien, wenn Kriege enden? Nina Engwicht untersucht die Entwicklung illegaler Märkte im Spannungsfeld von Reform und fragiler Staatlichkeit am Beispiel des berühmt-berüchtigten Diamantenmarktes in Sierra Leone. Sie blickt aus einer sozialwissenschaftlichen Perspektive...

In 2017 it will be Australia's turn to chair the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP), an international organisation set up to regulate the trade in diamonds. Diamonds are a symbol of love, purchased to celebrate marriage, and it is therefore deeply ironic that the diamond trade has...

Demand for non-renewable natural resources is forecast to rise steadily over the coming decades. Underlying trends of long-term rising demand and falling supply of mineral resources will inevitably increase pressure on prices and intensify competition for scarce resources. This can create a...

Die sich auf drei regionale Fallstudien stützende Untersuchung zeigt am Beispiel der auf den Diamanthandel spezialisierten, aus Westindien stammenden Gemeinschaft der Palanpuris, dass transnationale Unternehmer einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Transfer von Wissen über große Distanzen und damit...

There is a growing gap worldwide between the rising demand and stagnating supply of diamonds, producing new opportunities for diamond processing countries such as Armenia. Building productive capacity through skills development and technological progress is of central importance to achieving...

In Stateless Commerce, Barak Richman uses the diamond industry to explore how ethnic trading networks operate and why they persist in the twenty-first century. How, for example, does the Forty-Seventh Street diamond district in midtown Manhattan--surrounded by skyscrapers and sophisticated...

In Stateless Commerce, Barak Richman uses the colorful case study of the diamond industry to explore how ethnic trading networks operate and why they persist in the twenty-first century. How, for example, does the 47th Street diamond district in midtown Manhattan—surrounded by skyscrapers and...

Campaign efforts by NGOs initially put conflict diamonds on the global radar screen in the late 1990s. In response, the Kimberley Process (KP), a negotiation forum between states, NGOs, and industry, was formed to discuss possible solutions to curb the trade in conflict diamonds. Less than three...

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Richard Saunders - Introduction: The Many Facets of Marange's Diamonds -- 2. Richard Saunders - Geologies of Power: Conflict Diamonds, Security Politics and Zimbabwe's Troubled...

"The Global Diamond Industry: Economics and Development brings together a collection of papers covering various aspects of the diamond industry including economics, law, history, sociology and development. These volumes are motivated by one objective alone and that is to provide intellectual...

Diamonds in the Rough explores the lives of African laborers on Angola's diamond mines from the commencement of operations in 1917 to the colony's independence from Portugal in 1975. The mines were owned and operated by the Diamond Company of Angola, or Diamang, which enjoyed exclusive mining...