African Understandings of Chinese Involvement
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978-1-032-85024-5 (ISBN)
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This book brings together leading African scholars to consider China’s impact on Africa’s political, economic, cultural, environmental, and social spaces.
China’s power and influence on the African continent has increased exponentially in recent decades, providing a range of political and economic goods and services. African governments have opened their markets to Chinese goods and services, and in turn allowed China easy access to their raw materials. This book asks whether the relationship is mutually beneficial, or asymmetrical, with China at risk of becoming a new imperialist. Drawing together African scholars from at home and abroad, the book examines a range of Beijing-led activities and projects, and considers their impact on states and societies on the continent, and their growth and development. Overall, the book presents a nuanced African perspective on the immediate and long-term implications of Sino-African relationship.
Providing an important critical evaluation of China’s programs and projects in Africa, this book will be an important resource for researchers of Africa-China relations, and of global international relations more broadly.
Sabella O. Abidde is a professor of political science and a member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University. He holds a BA in international relations and an MSC in educational administration from Saint Cloud State University Minnesota, an MA in political science from Minnesota State University Mankato, and a Ph.D. in African Studies, World Affairs, Public Policy and Development Studies from Howard University. He has edited and co-edited several volumes including Xenophobia and Nativism in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean (Routledge, 2023). Professor Abidde is a Lifetime member of the African Studies and Research Forum (ASRF), the American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS), the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies (MALAS); and the Association of Global South Studies (AGSS) and currently serves as its VP/President Elect. Prof. Abidde is a 2023 MOFA Taiwan Fellow and a 2024 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow. Dramane G. Thiombiano is from Burkina Faso, West Africa. He is an Assistant Professor at the National Yun-Lin University of Science and Technology. He previously taught at the International Master Program in Asia-Pacific Affairs at National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where he earned his master’s (2010) and Ph.D. (2016). His research interests include Entrepreneurship, emerging market analysis, China and Africa relations, Taiwan’s political economy, cross-strait relations, and Taiwan-Africa relations. His most recent publications are: “The Beijing Consensus versus the Washington Consensus in Africa: why is the Chinese Model Gaining Ground in Africa?” (Sun Yat-sen Journal of Humanities, 2016), “The Impact of China on the Agency and negotiating power of African countries: Cases of Angola and Niger” (African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, 2020); and “A Sentiment Based Text Analysis of the Perception of Chinese Infrastructure Development in Africa” (International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2022).
Chapter 1: Introduction: China and the Chinese in Africa: An African Perspective SECTION I: WHAT MANNER OF COOPERATION? Chapter 2: The (Re)making of Empire: Africa in the Age of Chinese Expansion Chapter 3: China-Africa Relations: Beyond the Exploiter-Exploited Narratives in Djibouti, Kenya, and Nigeria Chapter 4: China and Africa: A New Nexus Based on South-South Cooperation or Neocolonialism Chapter 5: China in Zimbabwe: The Optimists, Cautionists and Radicals? Chapter 6: Needs-driven China-Nigeria Relations: A Game of Two Unevens SECTION II: ECONOMIC CONDITIONS Chapter 7: Inducement or Strategic Partnership: Interrogating China-Nigeria Bilateral Relations Chapter 8: Regime Security or Human Security? The Nexus Between China’s Economic Activities and Peace and Security in Zimbabwe Chapter 9: Political Economy of China in Africa Chapter 10: The ‘Look East Policy’ and Debt Financing: A Political Economy Analysis of Sino-Zimbabwe Debt Relations Chapter 11: China and Domestic West African Countries Market: Emerging Issues, Trends and Challenges SECTION III: AGENCY, POLITICS, AND PROPOSITIONS Chapter 12: The Media, Civil Society Organizations and the Question of Agency in Sino-African Relations: The Perception of Ghanaians Chapter 13: China’s Win-Win Cooeration in Uganda: A Reality or Rhetoric Chapter 14: Transitioning from a 'No-Win' Scenario to a 'Win-Win' Proposition: The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Efforts to Renegotiate the Sicomines Agreement with China Chapter 15: International Cooperation and National Diffraction: The Institutional Challenges of Moroccan Power in the Face of the Belt and Road Initiative
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Contemporary Africa |
| Zusatzinfo | 8 Tables, black and white; 9 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-85024-8 / 1032850248 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-85024-5 / 9781032850245 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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