Extracting profit : imperialism, neoliberalism and the new scramble for Africa / Lee Wengraf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wengraf, Lee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mineral industries.

Labor movement.

Anti-imperialist movements.

Marxian economics.

Neoliberalism.

Economic development.

Economic conditions.

Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.

Africa.

Africa--Foreign economic relations.

International economic relations.

Economic development--Africa.

Neoliberalism--Africa.

Marxian economics--Africa.

Anti-imperialist movements--Africa.

Labor movement--Africa.

Mineral industries--Africa.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

viii, 339 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, 2018.

Summary:

A historical explanation of poverty and inequality in African societies today and the social impact of resource-driven growth, Extracting profit explains why Africa has recently undergone an economic boom alongside widespread militarization. This exploitation has not gone unchallenged, however. The book recounts various narratives of grassroots organizing and protest, from platinum workers' struggles in South Africa and Nigerian labor organizing to pro-democracy upheavals in Burkina Faso. It points to the potential for resistance to global capital and for fundamental change, in Africa and beyond.

Contents:

Introduction and overview

Legacies of colonialism

Neoliberalism : crisis, debt, and structural adjustment

"Rising Africa"

The new scramble for Africa

Resource curse or resource wars?

Militarism and the rise of AFRICOM

Class struggle and permanent revolution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-323) and index.

ISBN:

9781608468515

1608468518

OCLC:

974677452