The New Scramble for Africa

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Once marginalized in the world economy, Africa today is a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan. China's part in this story has loomed particularly large in recent years, and the American military footprint on the continent has also expanded. But a new scramble for resources, markets and territory is now taking place in Africa involving not just state, but non state-actors, including Islamic fundamentalist and other rebel groups. The second edition of Pádraig Carmody's popular book explores the dynamics of the new scramble for African resources, markets, and territory and the impact of current investment and competition on people, the environment, and political and economic development on the continent. Fully revised and updated throughout, its chapters explore old and new economic power interests in Africa; oil, minerals, timber, biofuels, land, food and fisheries; and the nature and impacts of Asian and South African investment in manufacturing and other sectors. The second edition of Pádraig Carmody's popular book explores the dynamics of the new scramble for African resources, markets, and territory and the impact of current investment and competition on people, the environment, and political and economic development on the continent. Fully revised and updated throughout, its chapters explore old and new economic power interests in Africa; oil, minerals, timber, biofuels, land, food and fisheries; and the nature and impacts of Asian and South African investment in manufacturing and other sectors. The New Scramble for Africa will be essential reading for students of African studies, international relations and resource politics, as well as anyone interested in current affairs. 1. The New Scramble, Geography and Development Geography and Development in Africa The Inequality of Geography or the Geography of Inequality? Making Distance: The Construction of Markets and Commodity ‘Chains’ The Political Economy of Inequality, Poverty and Conflict in Africa 2. Old Economic Power Interests and Strategies in Africa Britain in Africa: Markets, Development and Security French Interests: From Neo-Colonialism to Rapprochement with the US European Union Interests in Africa: Globalizing Markets United States Interests in Africa: Oil (and) Security Japanese Interests in Africa South African Interests in Africa: Minerals, Mobiles and Marketizing Governance 3. Chinese Interests and Strategies in Africa ‘Going Out’ with China: The Impacts of Dual Economic Reform on Sino-African Relations China's Resource Diplomacy in Africa ‘Soft Power’ or Flexigemony? Strategy for an Emerging Presence in Africa China and Sudan: Obstruction, but also Evolution A Change in China's Position? Chinese Flexipower and Its Limits: The Zambian Case The Evolution of China's Africa Policy Reflections on China's African Resource Diplomacy 4. Other New Economic Power Interests and Relations with Africa Indian Interests and Strategies Indian Trade and Investment in Africa Resource Access Other Economic Sectors and Legacy of Migration Indian Overseas Assistance to Africa The Geopolitics of Indian Economic Engagement Brazil's Relations with and Interest in Africa Other Emerging Power Interests 5. Driving the Global Economy: West African and Sahelian Oil The Scale of Oil Company Investment in Africa and Impacts Oiling the Wheels of Repression: Equatorial Guinea Corruption, Inequality, Wealth and Poverty: The Impacts of Oil in Angola 6. The Scramble for Land: The Ugandan Case Ecolonization and African Land (Trans)National Biopower and Land Methodology Land Grabbing in Uganda Bugala Island Case North-Eastern Case 7. Powering and Connecting the Global Economy through Conflict: Uranium and Coltan Uranium and (in)Security in the Sahel Oil, (in)Security and Uranium in Niger: A Volatile Mix Conflict and Coltan in the Congo: War in the Great Lakes 8. Furnishing and Feeding the World? Timber, Biofuels, Plants, Food and Fisheries Fuelling Dispossession? Biofuels Water Is Life? Food, Flowers and Fuel for Whom? The Timber Trade The African Fish Rush: Protein and Piracy Biopiracy 9. The Asian Scramble for Investment and Markets: Evidence and Impacts in Zambia Chinese and Indian Investment in Zambia: History and Context Nature and Impacts of Asian-Owned Businesses Developmental Impacts of Asian Investment The Impacts of the ‘Great’ Recession and the Chinese Economic Slowdown on Sino-Zambian Relations 10. Can Africans Unscramble the Continent? Scrambling to Conflict or Democracy? The United States and China in Africa Chinese Power and African Political Economy Power, Development and Economic Structure Conclusion: The New Scramble in Perspective