The new scramble for Africa /

Carmody, Pádraig Risteard,

The new scramble for Africa / Pádraig Carmody. - Second edition. - Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016. - xiii, 282 p ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The new scramble, geography and development -- Old economic power interests and strategies in Africa -- Chinese interests and strategies in Africa Other new economic power interests and relations with Africa -- Driving the global economy: West African and Sahelian oil -- The scramble for land: the Ugandan case Powering and connecting the global economy through conflict: uranium and coltan -- Furnishing and feeding the world? Timber, biofuels, plants, food and fisheries -- The Asian scramble for investment and markets: evidence and impacts in Zambia Can Africans unscramble the continent? -- Conclusion: the new scramble in perspective. with Ian Taylor -- with David Taylor -- with Godfrey Hampwaye --

9781509507085 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2016007311


Economic development--Africa.
Investments, Foreign--Africa.


Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.
Africa--Foreign economic relations.

HC800 / .C26

330.96