This is a case study of the privatization process of Zambia's copper mines, an intervention carried out according to economic, political, and managerial criteria. What Price for Privatization? demonstrates how these ways of thinking were insufficient for grasping the local, lived context and argues that effective development policymaking can only be done when radical differences in cultural and religious worldviews are more fully understood and appreciated.

Elizabeth C. Parsons is lecturer and co-director of contextual education at Boston University School of Theology.

Chapter 1 Prologue: The Miner's World of Work Chapter 2 Chapter One: Stories We Tell Ourselves Chapter 3 Chapter Two: Research Methods Chapter 4 Chapter Three: Public Stories of Zambia's Mining History Chapter 5 Chapter Four: Private Stories of Zambia's Mining History Chapter 6 Chapter Five: "The Spirits are Not Happy:" How Zambians Knew Things Were Not Well Chapter 7 Chapter Six: "Jealousy is There:" Accounting for Disparity, Ensuring Success Chapter 8 Chapter Seven: "We are not Slaves:" The Pain and Power of Zambian Identity Chapter 9 Chapter Eight: "They are Always Suspecting Us:" Expatriate Experiences of the Copperbelt Chapter 10 Chapter Nine: Conclusion