Jessica Steinberg is Assistant Professor of International Studies, faculty affiliate of the Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis, and Adjunct Faculty in Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. She has conducted seven years of field work in Africa, in countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Senegal, Congo-Brazzaville, and Zambia. Her work has been published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Political Geography, the Journal of Theoretical Politics, and Perspectives on Politics.

• 1. Introduction; Part I. The Local Politics of Natural Resource Extraction: A Theory: 2. A logic of governance; 3. Model: a (more) formal logic; Part II. Local Politics on the Ground: 4. On comparative case analysis; 5. Two firms, one country: coal in Tete, Mozambique; 6. Two countries, one firm: mining the Copperbelt in Zambia and DRC; 7. Comparative implications; Part III. Beyond Mozambique, Zambia and DRC: 8. Generalizing the theory; 9. On social mobilization near mines; 10. On repression near mines; 11. Conclusion: what next?; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.