Uncovering African Agency

Angola's Management of China's Credit Lines
Neuauflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4094-4865-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 243 mm x 165 mm, Gewicht: 516 g

China's engagement in Africa is generally portrayed simply as African countries being exploited for their mineral wealth by a wealthy political and economic superpower. Is this always the case? Certain African countries have been able to use China's involvement in the region to grow their economies and solicit renewed interest from previously disengaged foreign powers by using their relationship with China to bolster their political capital. In this thought provoking and original work Lucy Corkin demonstrates how Angola has been amongst the most successful of African nations in this role. The concept of 'African agency' covers a wide range of different countries with very different capabilities and experiences of engaging with China. In each individual county there are a myriad of actors all with increasingly discernible agencies. Uncovering African Agency; Angola's Management of China's Credit Lines casts a fascinating new light on China's involvement with her largest African trading partner and through this shows how different African states and the governmental actors within them are able to exploit the relationship to their best advantage.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Corkin, Lucy

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 African Agency and Angolan Elites; Chapter 3 Language and Power; Chapter 4 The Development of China’s Foreign Policy towards Africa; Chapter 5 Risk and Reward: China Exim Bank in Angola; Chapter 6 Rebuilding Angola; Chapter 7 Agency and the Angolan Agenda; Chapter 8 Conclusions; Chinese Companies in Angola (May 2010); Official Bilateral Cooperation; 1All information presented in these tables is from a, b, a, b) and their appendices. Translation is author’s own;

Über Autor(innen)

Lucy Corkin is a Research Associate of the Africa-Asia Centre at School of African and Asian Studies (SOAS), University of London, from which institution she holds a PhD in Politics. She was previously Projects Director at Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) in South Africa. She was a visiting scholar at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro’s BRICS Policy Centre. Lucy has participated in ground-breaking research on China’s relations with African countries. She speaks English, Portuguese, French, Afrikaans, and Mandarin Chinese.