The Scramble for Africa in the 21st Century
Author | : Harry J. Stephan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9780987022004 |
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Author | : Harry J. Stephan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9780987022004 |
Author | : Paul Hacourt |
Publisher | : Primedia E-launch LLC |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2017-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1622090047 |
Author | : Lee Wengraf |
Publisher | : Haymarket Books |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2018-02-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1608468763 |
Extracting profit explains why Africa, in the first decade and a half of the twenty-first century, has undergone an economic boom. This period of “Africa rising” did not lead to the creation of jobs but has instead fueled the growth of the extraction of natural resources and an increasingly-wealthy African ruling class.
Author | : Pádraig Carmody |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2013-04-16 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0745672949 |
Once marginalized in the world economy, the past decade has seen Africa emerge as a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan. With its share of world trade and investment now rising and the availability of natural resources falling, the continent finds itself at the centre of a battle to gain access to and control of its valuable natural assets. China's role in Africa has loomed particularly large in recent years, but there is now a new scramble taking place involving a wider range of established and emerging economic powers from the EU and US to Japan, Brazil and Russia. This book explores the nature of resource and market competition in Africa and the strategies adopted by the different actors involved - be they world powers or small companies. Focusing on key commodities, the book examines the dynamics of the new scramble and the impact of current investment and competition on people, the environment, and political and economic development on the continent. New theories, particularly the idea of Chinese "flexigemony" are developed to explain how resources and markets are accessed. While resource access is often the primary motive for increased engagement, the continent also offers a growing market for low-priced goods from Asia and Asian-owned companies. Individual chapters explore old and new economic power interests in Africa; oil, minerals, timber, biofuels, food and fisheries; and the nature and impacts of Asian investment in manufacturing and other sectors. The New Scramble for Africa will be essential reading for students of African studies, international relations, and resource politics as well as anyone interested in current affairs.
Author | : Stephen Smith |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 150953458X |
From the harrowing situation of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean in rubber dinghies to the crisis on the US-Mexico border, mass migration is one of the most urgent issues facing our societies today. At the same time, viable solutions seem ever more remote, with the increasing polarization of public attitudes and political positions. In this book, Stephen Smith focuses on ‘young Africa’ – 40 per cent of its population are under fifteen – anda dramatic demographic shift. Today, 510 million people live inside EU borders, and 1.25 billion people in Africa. In 2050, 450 million Europeans will face 2.5 billion Africans – five times their number. The demographics are implacable. The scramble for Europe will become as inexorable as the ‘scramble for Africa’ was at the end of the nineteenth century, when 275 million people lived north and only 100 million lived south of the Mediterranean. Then it was all about raw materials and national pride, now it is about young Africans seeking a better life on the Old Continent, the island of prosperity within their reach. If Africa’s migratory patterns follow the historic precedents set by other less developed parts of the world, in thirty years a quarter of Europe’s population will beAfro-Europeans. Addressingthe question of how Europe cancope with an influx of this magnitude, Smith argues for a path between the two extremes of today’s debate. He advocatesmigratory policies of ‘good neighbourhood’ equidistant from guilt-ridden self-denial and nativist egoism. This sobering analysis of the migration challenges we now face will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the great social and political questions of our time.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9780958476638 |
Author | : Sam Moyo |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2018-09-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9811058407 |
This book presents the findings of research conducted by scholars and activists associated with the Agrarian South Network, based mainly in Africa, Asia and Latina America. The research articulates a Southern perspective on the “new scramble” for Africa, with a view to strengthen tri-continental solidarities. The book explains the significance of the new scramble in terms of the economic structures inherited from the late-nineteenth-century scramble and the subsequent post-independence period. The renewed competition for Africa’s land and natural resources and the resumption of economic growth at the turn of the millennium have revived concerns regarding the continent’s position in the world economy and the prospects for its development in the twenty-first century. In this regard, the book addresses two related issues: the character of the expansion of Southern competitors in relation to the more established Western strategies; and the impact of the renewed influx of investments in land, minerals, and associated infrastructure. The findings are presented with empirical rigor and conceptual clarity, to enable the reader to grasp what really is at stake in the twenty-first century – an epic struggle to reclaim Africa from the monopolies that exercise control over its land, minerals, labour, and destiny.
Author | : Mia Carter |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 845 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0822331896 |
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Author | : M. E. Chamberlain |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317862554 |
In 1870 barely one tenth of Africa was under European control. By 1914 only about one tenth – Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Liberia – was not. This book offers a clear and concise account of the ‘scramble’ or ‘race’ for Africa, the period of around 20 years during which European powers carved up the continent with little or no consultation of its inhabitants. In her classic overview, M.E. Chamberlain: Contrasts the Victorian image of Africa with what we now know of African civilisation and history Examines in detail case histories from Egypt to Zimbabwe Argues that the history and background of Africa are as important as European politics and diplomacy in understanding the 'scramble' Considers the historiography of the topic, taking into account Marxist and anti-Marxist, financial, economic, political and strategic theories of European imperialism This indispensible introduction, now in a fully updated third edition, provides the most accessible survey of the ‘scramble for Africa’ currently available. The new edition includes primary source material unpublished elsewhere, new illustrations and additional pedagogical features. It is the perfect starting point for any study of this period in African history.
Author | : Thomas Pakenham |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 710 |
Release | : 1992-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0380719991 |
White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912