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China and Africa: Volume 9 Julia C. Strauss (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

China and Africa: Volume 9 By Julia C. Strauss (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

Summary

This book contributes to the ongoing assessment of China's involvement in Africa - a topic so new that it has largely been taken up by policymakers with knowledge of only China or only Africa. This book focuses on transnational capital flows & investment, migration, and the ongoing challenges of engagement in Africa.

China and Africa: Volume 9 Summary

China and Africa: Volume 9: Emerging Patterns in Globalization and Development by Julia C. Strauss (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

Covering a range of African countries from Equatorial Guinea to Tanzania, this volume adds to a growing literature on the emerging relationship between China and Africa, presenting work that is based on primary research. It includes articles on a wide range of subjects, including China's energy policy, labour relations, trade networks and cultural perceptions. The various essays chart the rise of a multiplicity of different actors in the relationship, emerging patterns of globalization and development, and rhetoric and representation.

China and Africa: Volume 9 Reviews

'... an important new contribution. ... breaks new ground ... packed with interesting insights and facts ... there is no space to do justice to the importance of this book in a short review ... It is certainly a book which anyone doing research in this area should read.' The Journal of Modern African Studies
'In short, this is an enlightening book for anybody grappling with the reality and implications of China's engagement with Africa.' International Affairs

About Julia C. Strauss (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

Dr Julia Strauss is a senior lecturer in Political and International Studies at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) and is also the Editor of The China Quarterly. Dr Strauss received her PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991 and has since taught in both the US and the UK. Dr Strauss is also a member of both the Association for Asian Studies and the American Political Science Association. Dr Martha Saavedra received her PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, where today she serves as Associate Director of the Center of African Studies. During her academic career Dr Saavedra has worked in Sudan, Senegal and Kenya. She has also made numerous appearances on SF/Bay area radio and TV, speaking mainly on the Darfur conflict in Sudan. Dr Saavedra wrote and produced Sudan: Confluence of Arab and African Worlds in 1995.

Table of Contents

1. Editors' introduction: China, Africa and internationalization Julia C. Strauss and Martha Saavedra; 2. Harmony and discord in China's Africa strategy: some implications for foreign policy Chris Alden and Christopher R. Hughes; 3. Fuelling the dragon: China's rise and its energy and resources extraction in Africa Wenran Jiang; 4. China's Sudan engagement: changing Northern and Southern political trajectories in peace and war Daniel Large; 5. In it for the long term? Governance and learning among Chinese investors in Zambia's copper sector Dan Haglund; 6. Raw encounters: Chinese managers, African workers and the politics of casualization in Africa's Chinese enclaves Ching Kwan Lee; 7. The Chinese amigo: implications for the development of Equatorial Guinea Mario Esteban; 8. China's engagement in African agriculture: 'down to the countryside' Deborah A. Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang; 9. Chinese shops and the formation of a Chinese expatriate community in Namibia Gregor Dobler; 10. African perspectives on China-Africa links Barry Sautman and Yan Hairong; 11. Representations of Africa in a Hong Kong soap opera: the limits of enlightened humanitarianism in the last breakthrough Martha Saavedra; 12. The past in the present: historical and rhetorical lineages in China's relations with Africa Julia C. Strauss.

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9780521122009
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China and Africa: Volume 9: Emerging Patterns in Globalization and Development by Julia C. Strauss (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
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Cambridge University Press
2009-10-29
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