State Capture in the Militarized Fight Against Illegal Small-Scale Goldmining in Ghana

Dr Jasper Abembia Ayelazuno is Associate Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana. He is the author of the book, Neoliberal Globalization and Resistance from Below: Why the Subalterns Resist in Bolivia and not in Ghana (2019), Routledge; and the co-editor of Truth Commissions and State Building (2023), McGill-Queen’s University Press.Dr Maxwell Akansina Aziabah is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Community Development, Faculty of Planning and Land Management, SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Ghana. He is the author of the book, The Politics of Educational Reform in Ghana: Understanding Structural Persistence in the Secondary School System. Critical Studies of Education (Vol. 7, 2018). Cham-Switzerland: Springer AG.

• Introduction- Ghana’s ASGM Industry And The Intractable Problem Of “Galamsey”.- Chapter One- The Evolution Of ASGM And Its Negative Ecological And Socioeconomic Effects.- Chapter Two- The Paradox Of Galamsey: Comprehensively Regulated, Yet Characterized By Chaos And Criminality.- Chapter Three- State-Centric Theories Of The Galamsey Menace.- Chapter Four- State Capture And Illegal Artisanal And Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM).- Chapter Five- Militarized Fights Against Galamsey, 2017-2022.- Chapter Six- State Capture In The Militarized Fights Against Galamsey, 2017-2022.- Conclusion: Theoretical And Political Praxis.