 The one who controls the diamond wears the crown! The politicization of the Kimberley Process in ZimbabweNathan Munier Resources Policy, 2016, vol. 47, issue C, 171-177 Abstract: Why has Zimbabwe, a state that has been notorious for an utter disregard of international agreements, spent resources to implement policies that are in compliance with the Kimberley Process diamond certification scheme? In this research I explain variation in Zimbabwean regulatory policy in response to the Kimberley Process since 2003. This article contends that this variation can be best understood by tracing the political economy of factional rivalries within the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party. This research demonstrates that although the behavior of international regimes and private economic actors matter, in Zimbabwe it is government factions within ZANU-PF that are the main decision makers in relation to Kimberley Process regulations. This explains both why compliance with the Kimberley Process has been lower than other states in Southern Africa and why Zimbabwe has raised its level of compliance with the regulatory regime overtime. Keywords: International Political Economy; Regulatory policy; Kimberley Process; International agreements; Conflict diamonds (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jrpoli:v:47:y:2016:i:c:p:171-177 DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2016.02.001 Access Statistics for this article Resources Policy is currently edited by R. G. Eggert More articles in Resources Policy from Elsevier |
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