Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (252 Seiten)
Ausgabe:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781805263364
Serie:
African Arguments Series
Inhalt:
A bottom-up account of how infrastructure investment from the Global South has impacted African policies and practices--and its implications for an increasingly multipolar world
Anmerkung:
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Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Infrastructure Globalities: Emerging Practices at the African Frontier: Jana Hönke, Eric Cezne and Yifan Yang -- Part One: Beyond Models -- 2. Beyond the 'China Model': Towards a Relational Understanding of Development Practices in China-Africa Relations: Raoul Bunskoek -- 3. The Practices of Indian and Brazilian Infrastructure Builders in Africa: Barnaby Joseph Dye, Mathias Alencastro and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira -- Part Two: Contestations -- 4. South-South Cooperation Monitoring Movements: Engaging Southern Powers in Africa 'from Below': Laura Trajber Waisbich -- 5. Challenging Chinese Mining Companies: NGO Advocacy Practices and the 'Boomerang Model': Jan Sändig and Jana Hönke -- 6. Contested Practices: Controversies over the Construction of Lamu Port in Kenya: Benard Musembi Kilaka -- Part Three: Everyday Entanglements -- 7. A Global Sense of Workplace: Labour Relations in Sino-African Construction Sites: Elisa Gambino and Mandira Bagwandeen -- 8. Investment as Community Development? Business-Society Relations around Brazilian and Chinese Projects: Michael Godet Sambo and Phyllis Bußler -- Part Four: Conclusions -- 9. On African Globalities and Frontier Zones: Vineet Thakur -- 10. South-South Transformations in Practice: Conclusions and Outlook: Jana Hönke, Eric Cezne and Yifan Yang -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hönke, Jana Africa's Global Infrastructures La Vergne : C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited,c2024 ISBN 9781805260226
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Schlagwort(e):
Afrika
;
Weltwirtschaft
;
Infrastruktur
;
Globalisierung
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