Africa's Shadow Rise (eBook)

China and the Mirage of African Economic Development

P draig Carmody, Peter Kragelund, Ricardo Reboredo (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
240 Seiten
Zed Books (Verlag)
978-1-78699-481-3 (ISBN)

Infos

An in-depth analysis of the ‘Africa rising’ narrative and how the continent's fragile economic growth is largely tied to China's expansion.

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For years economists have spoken of 'Africa rising', and despite the global financial crisis, Africa continues to host some of the fastest growing economies in the world.Africa's Shadow Rise however argues that the continent's apparent economic 'rise' is essentially a mirage, driven by developments elsewhere - most particularly the expansion in China's economy. While many African countries have experienced high rates of growth, much of this growth may prove to be unsustainable, and has contributed to environmental destruction and worsening inequality across the continent. Similarly, new economic relationships have produced new forms of dependency, as African nations increasingly find themselves tied to the fortunes of China and other emerging powers.Drawing on in-depth fieldwork in southern Africa, Africa's Shadow Rise reveals how the shifting balance of global power is transforming Africa's economy and politics, and what this means for the future of development efforts in the region.Shortlisted for the Business Council for Africa's African Business Book of the Year 2023!

Autor

lt;p>Pádraig Carmody teaches Geography at Trinity College where he directs the Masters in Development Practice and is a Senior Research Associate at the School of Tourism and Hospitality at the University of Johannesburg. His previous books include The New Scramble for Africa (2016), The Rise of the BRICS in Africa (Zed 2013), and, with James T. Murphy, Africa’s Information Revolution (2015).

Peter Kragelund is head of the Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University. His work has been published, inter alia, in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Development and Change, Development Policy Review, European Journal of Development Research, Extractive Industries and Society, Journal of Modern African Studies, Resources Policy, and Review of African Political Economy.

Ricardo Reboredo is a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin. His research interests include globalization, development, and Sino-African relations. His current work focuses on the effects of large-scale, Chinese-funded projects on development in southern Africa. He has published in a variety of journals including Urban Forum and African Geographical Review.

Inhalt

• 1. Africa Rising: Rhetoric or Reality?
• 2. Unpacking Sino-African Power Relations: Is Agency the Appropriate Analytical Lens?
• 3. China’s Interests and Impacts in Southern Africa
• 4. Towards Convergence and Cooperation in the Global Development Finance Regime: The End of African Agency?
• 5. China’s Impact on Local Economic Development: The Zambian Case
• 6. Resource-based Development via Local Content Policies? Institutional Impediments to Resource-led Development in Zambia
• 7. Debt Trap Diplomacy or Structural Transformation? The Belt and Road Initiative in Africa
• Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: Africa rising • africa rising book • africa rising narrative • Bargaining Power • Belt and Road Initiative • China • china africa economic relations • China Africa relations • china projects in africa • Chinese investment • copper belt • debt trap • Diplomacy • emerging economy • Emerging Powers • global aid • Globalisation • hegemon • is africa really rising • Mine • Mining • OECD • Southern Africa • Tourism • us africa relations
• ISBN-10: 1-78699-481-X / 178699481X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78699-481-3 / 9781786994813