State governance, unregulated artisanal gold mining and the proliferation of banditry in rural communities in northwest Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8132182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nsemba Edward Lenshie (0000-0001-6615-3665, Taraba State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-31 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2026.2639775 |
| OpenAlex | W7135045386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 62 |
Gold mining · Rural development · State (computer science · Work (physics · Corruption and Economic Development · Mining and Resource Management · Natural Resources and Economic Development
Warlord Politics and African States
Territoriality
The Legitimization of Violence
Borders, bandits and limited statehood in frontier regions
The Globalization of Political Violence
Violent Nonstate Actors and the Emergence of Hybrid Governance in South America
Resources, conflict and governance
Artisanal and small-scale mining in Nigeria
Work regimes and technology-driven transformations in DRCongo's artisanal and small-scale gold mines
Artisanal mining, mechanization and human (in) security in Sierra Leone
Does formalization make a difference in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)? Insights from the Philippines
Fighting fire with fire
The impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining on rural livelihood trajectories
Beyond Ungoverned Spaces
The question of definition
Forces of Terror
Rethinking Intersections of Crime and Terrorism
The Social Construction of Organised Political Violence
Normalising the Exceptional
Market warfare strategy and rural armed banditry in Zamfara State, Nigeria
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and rural transformation in post -land reform Zimbabwe
The importance of artisanal and small-scale mining for rural economies
Large and artisanal scale mine development
Extraction and beyond
Extractivism, informal work and strategies for political-economic transformation
Why is there a large-scale mining ‘bias’ in sub-Saharan Africa
Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel
From government-led to community-based peace process
The Everyday Gendered Political Economy of Violence
New Materialism, Micropolitics and the Everyday Production of Gender-Related Violence
Feminist everyday political economy
The political ecology of war
Between the Africa Mining Vision and the neo-patrimonial state
Political Violence and the Illicit Economies of West Africa
Politics from the Pits
The Political Economy of Violence Against Women
The State and Complex Threat Syndrome in the Sahel
Seeing Like an Oil Company
Crimelordism
The Moral Economy of Violence in the US Inner City
Undermining Peace
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |