Globalization in Africa : recolonization or renaissance? / Pádraig Carmody.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carmody, Pádraig Risteard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural resources--Political aspects--Africa.

Natural resources.

Globalization--Africa.

Globalization.

Africa--Strategic aspects.

Africa.

Africa--Economic conditions--1960-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is globalization good for Africa? Pádraig Carmody explores the evolving nature and impact of globalization throughout the continent, as China, the US, and other economic powers exert their influence. Drawing especially on the cases of Chad, Sudan, and Zambia, Carmody considers whether the resource curse that has for so long plagued Africa can become a blessing. He also evaluates the impact of the information technology revolution and the recent global economic slowdown. In the context of carefully articulated historical dynamics, he provocatively assesses the new role of Africa in the global economy.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Introduction""; ""Notes""; ""2-Chinese and US Interests in Africa""; ""Resource Colonialist and Anti-imperialist? Chinese Interests and Involvement in Africa""; ""China�s Geoeconomic Strategy for Africa""; ""A Benevolent Hegemon? Chinese Soft Power in Africa""; ""Free-Trade Imperialism or South-South Cooperation? The Economic Impacts of China""; ""Leviathans Unbound? The Impact of Chinese Involvement on African State Restructuring""

""From Indirect Rule and Apathetic Hegemony to Panopticism? US Interests and Involvement in Africa""""Notes""; ""3-The Commodity Boom""; ""From Lost Continent to Revival?""; ""The New Interregionalism: The Asian Connection""; ""The Global Context and Africa�s Growth: Growth, Technology, and Debt Relief""; ""Bestriding the Continent Like a Colossus or a Lilliputian? South Africa�s Regional Economic Impact""; ""National Factors: Good Governance""; ""New Wine in Old Bottles? Impacts of the Commodity Boom""; ""Environmental and Sociopolitical Impacts of the Resource Boom""

""Impacts of the Resource Boom on African Manufacturing""""Notes""; ""4-The Scramble for Oil: Insights from Chad and Sudan""; ""Globalization and Cruciform Sovereignty""; ""Governing Exclusion, Coercing Consent: The Matrix""; ""Governance Curses? Resources and the Transnational Contract of Extraversion in Africa""; ""The Matrix Reloaded: Violent Governance and Militarization in Africa""; ""The Geopolitics of Poverty Reduction and Conflict in Africa: The Chad-Cameroon and Sudanese Oil Pipelines""; ""The Matrix Unloaded? China�s Governance Impact""; ""Notes""

""5-Overcoming the Resource Curse: The Zambian Case""""The Zambian Context""; ""Asian Drivers and the Zambian Economy""; ""Regional Factors: South Africa, the DRC, and the “Zimbabwe Dividend�""; ""“Dead Capital Come to Life�: Liberalization, Domestic Class Formation, and Foreign Ownership in the Zambian Economy""; ""Back to the Future?""; ""Notes""; ""6-The Mobile Phone Revolution""; ""The Information Revolution and the Mobile Value Chain""; ""Mobile Africa and the Coltan Connection""; ""Mobile Phone Penetration, Usage, and Social Impacts in Africa""

""Economic and Business Impacts of Mobile Phones""""Globalization, Mobiles, and African Society: M-perialism?""; ""Notes""; ""7-Global Turbulence and African Growth""; ""Impacts of the Crisis on Asian Aid, Trade, and Investment""; ""The United States, China, and Prospects for African Development""; ""Notes""; ""Acronyms""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-105-9

OCLC:

1334344133