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Extracting profit : imperialism, neoliberalism and the new scramble for Africa / Lee Wengraf

By: Material type: TextLanguage: eng Publication details: Chicago : Haymarket Books , 2018Description: 339 p.; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781608468515
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.96
LOC classification:
  • HC 800  W474e 2018
Contents:
Table of ContentsPart I - Historical overviewChapter 1 - Introduction and Overview: A Marxist framework for poverty and inequality in Africa Chapter 2 - Legacies of Colonialism: Independence and national development (1960-1975) Chapter 3 - Neoliberalism in Africa: Crisis, debt and structural adjustment (1975-2000) Part II - "The New Scramble for Africa"Chapter 4 - "Rising Africa": Investment boom and the dynamics of growth Chapter 5 - Resource Curse or Resource Wars? The extractive landscape of the new scramble for Africa Chapter 6 - Overproduction and the new crisis: Their explanation and ours Chapter 7 - Militarism and the Rise of AFRICOM: Imperial rivalries in Africa Chapter 8 - Class struggle and permanent revolution: Africa's "new scramble" and resistance today
Summary: A piercing historical explanation for poverty and inequality in African societies today, and social impact of resource-driven growth.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 800 W474e 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000149993

Table of ContentsPart I - Historical overviewChapter 1 - Introduction and Overview: A Marxist framework for poverty and inequality in Africa Chapter 2 - Legacies of Colonialism: Independence and national development (1960-1975) Chapter 3 - Neoliberalism in Africa: Crisis, debt and structural adjustment (1975-2000) Part II - "The New Scramble for Africa"Chapter 4 - "Rising Africa": Investment boom and the dynamics of growth Chapter 5 - Resource Curse or Resource Wars? The extractive landscape of the new scramble for Africa Chapter 6 - Overproduction and the new crisis: Their explanation and ours Chapter 7 - Militarism and the Rise of AFRICOM: Imperial rivalries in Africa Chapter 8 - Class struggle and permanent revolution: Africa's "new scramble" and resistance today

A piercing historical explanation for poverty and inequality in African societies today, and social impact of resource-driven growth.

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