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Africa's railway renaissance : the role and impact of China / edited by Tim Zajontz, Pádraig Carmody, Mandira Bagwandeen, Anthony Leysens.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New regionalisms (Routledge (Firm))
- New regionalisms
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--Africa.
- Railroads.
- Corporations, Chinese--Africa.
- Corporations, Chinese.
- Africa--Foreign economic relations--China.
- Africa.
- China--Foreign economic relations--Africa.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2023].
- Biography/History:
- Tim Zajontz is a Lecturer in International Relations at the Technische Universitt̃ Dresden, a Research Fellow in the Centre for International and Comparative Politics at Stellenbosch University and a Research Associate in the Second Cold War Observatory. His research is concerned with Africa's international relations and political economy, with a current focus on Africa-China and Africa-EU relations as well as on contemporary regionalisms. Pd̀raig Carmody is Professor in Geography at Trinity College Dublin and a Senior Research Associate at the School of Tourism and Hospitality at the University of Johannesburg. He has published several books including, with Peter Kragelund and Ricardo Reboredo, Africa's Shadow Rise. Mandira Bagwandeen is a Senior Research Fellow at The Nelson Mandela School, University of Cape Town. She focuses on Africa's regional integration and industrialisation and China-Africa relations. Mandira has provided commentary for news outlets and written several opinion and academic articles on China-Africa issues. Anthony Leysens is anAssociate Professor of Political Science at Stellenbosch University and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. His work has focused on the political economy of South and Southern Africa, and on critical theory in global political economy. He is the author of The Critical Theory of Robert W Cox: Fugitive or Guru?.
- Contents:
- Introduction : China's role in Africa's railway renaissance / Tim Zajontz, Pádraig Carmody, Mandira Bagwandeen and Anthony Leysens
- The political economy of China's globalising railways
- and their arrival in Africa / Tim Zajontz
- Powering African transport or transporting Chinese power? : the spatial political economy of Chinese railways in Africa / Kefa M. Otiso and Pádraig Carmody
- The freedom railway now and then : the enduring relevance of the 'TAZARA Spirit' for South-South cooperation / Liu Haifang
- Chinese railways and African development : developing railways or railing development? / Mandira Bagwandeen
- Chinese globalism, African regionalisms and state spatial strategies : The intricacies of regionalising Africa's railway renaissance / Tim Zajontz
- West Africa's 'railway patchwork' and the challenges of its integration / Mouhamed Bayane Bouraima and Qiu Yanjun
- China's infrastructure projects in Africa : Nigeria's unfinished Lagos-Kano railway / Gladys Lechini, María Noel Dussort and Agustina Marchetti
- Kenya's new lunatic express : the standard gauge railway / Ian Taylor
- The Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway and the national question in Ethiopia : a bottom-up view / Sharon Bar-David and Lynn Schle
- The rehabilitation of the Benguela railway and the reactivation of the Lobito corridor / Ana Duarte and Regina Santos
- Inside Kenya's standard gauge railway : passenger narratives on large-scale transport infrastructure, connectivity, and political controversy / Hugh Lamarque.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed August 14th, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Africa's railway renaissance
- ISBN:
- 9781000919202
- 100091920X
- 9781003208594
- 1003208592
- Publisher Number:
- 40032110038
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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