Wengraf, Lee

Extracting profit : imperialism, neoliberalism and the new scramble for Africa / Lee Wengraf - Chicago : Haymarket Books , 2018 - 339 p.; 23 cm

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.



9781608468515


Desarrollo económico--Africa
Condiciones económicas--Africa

HC 800 / W474e 2018

338.96