アフリカにみる新植民地主義、貧困と「開発」の失敗 Neo-Colonialism and the Poverty of 'Development' in Africa (Contemporary African Political Economy)

Langan, Mark

Palgrave Macmillan（2017/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 253 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783319585703
• DDC分類 320

Full Description

Langan reclaims neo-colonialism as an analytical force for making sense of the failure of `development' strategies in many African states in an era of free market globalisation. Eschewing polemics and critically engaging the work of Ghana's first President - Kwame Nkrumah - the book offers a rigorous assessment of the concept of neo-colonialism. It then demonstrates how neo-colonialism remains an impediment to genuine empirical sovereignty and poverty reduction in Africa today. It does this through examination of corporate interventions; Western aid-giving; the emergence of `new' donors such as China; EU-Africa trade regimes; the securitisation of development; and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Throughout the chapters, it becomes clear that the current challenges of African development cannot be solely pinned on so-called neo-patrimonial elites. Instead it becomes imperative to fully acknowledge, and interrogate, corporate and donor interventions which lock many poorer countries into neo-colonial patterns of trade and production. The book provides an original contribution to studies of African political economy, demonstrating the on-going relevance of the concept of neo-colonialism, and reclaiming it for scholarly analysis in a global era.

Contents

DedicationAcknowledgementsContentsList of Acronyms1. Neo-colonialism and Nkrumah: Recovering a Critical Concept2. Neo-colonialism and Foreign Corporations in Africa3. Neo-colonialism and Donor Interventions: Western Aid Mechanisms4. Emerging Powers and Neo-colonialism in Africa5. Trade and Neo-colonialism: The Case of Africa-EU ties6. Security, Development and Neo-colonialism7. The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Neo-colonialism8. Agency, Sovereignty and Neo-colonialism