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BRICS and resistance in Africa : contention, assimilation and co-optation / edited by Justin van der Merwe, Patrick Bond, and Nicole Dodd.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Politics and development in contemporary Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geopolitics.
- Social conflict.
- International relations.
- BRIC countries--Foreign relations--Africa.
- BRIC countries.
- Africa--Foreign relations--BRIC countries.
- Africa.
- Social conflict--Africa--21st century.
- Geopolitics--Africa.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 282 pages : maps, charts ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK : Zed Books, in association with the International African Institute, 2019.
- Summary:
- Though initially considered a welcome counterweight to Western interest across Africa, the BRICS are increasingly being viewed as another example of foreign interference and exploitation. BRICS and Resistance in Africa explores the varied forms of African resistance being developed in response to the growing influence of the BRICS. Its case studies cover such instances as the opposition to China's One Belt One Road initiative in East Africa; resistance to the BRICS' oil activities in the Niger Delta; and the role of the BRICS in Zimbabwe's political transition. The contributors expose the contradictions between the group's rhetoric and its real impact, as well as the complicity of local elites in serving as proxies for the BRICS nations. By challenging and expanding the debates surrounding BRICS involvement in Africa, this collection offers new insight into resistance to globalization in the global South.
- Contents:
- African assimilation, co-optation, and resistance in the BRICS era / Justin van der Merwe, Nicole Dodd, and Patrick Bond
- Part 1. BRICS : joining the dots across Africa and the periphery: Notes from the hinterland : theorising BRICS and their geographies of resistance / Justin van der Merwe
- Assimilation, co-optation, and resistance within 'BRICS from the middle' / Patrick Bond
- BRICS' trade with Africa : long live the new king, just like the old king / Nicole Dodd
- China in Africa : South-South solidarity or imperialism in the 21st century? / Ishmael Lesufi and Lisa Thompson
- Part 2. BRICS and their southern and eastern African geographies of resistance : dispossession, collusion, and local responses: BRICS and the new scramble for Zimbabwe in the aftermath of the military coup / Farai Maguwu and Shakespear Hamauswa
- Sino-Zambian relations : responses from below / Godfrey Hampwaye and Phineas Bbaala
- The Gupta leaks and intra-BRICS collusion / Nicole Dodd and Justin van der Merwe
- The Belt and Road Initiative and Eastern Africa / István Tarrósy
- Africa at the precipice : lessons from Brazil
- Mbekezeli Mkhize and Vukile Sibiya
- Indian land acquisitions in Ethiopia : a wolf in sheep's clothing? / Lwando Mthamo and Mbekezeli Mkhize
- Rosatom and nuclear power in South Africa : assistance and resistance / Eldar Salakhetdinov and Vasily Sidorov
- GEAR past, BRICS future : South Africa protests / Mbekezeli Mkhize
- Conclusion / Justin van der Merwe, Nicole Dodd, and Patrick Bond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1786996308
- 9781786996305
- OCLC:
- 1083605231
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