Neo-Colonialism and the Poverty of 'Development' in Africa

• Main Author: Langan, Mark (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Contemporary African Political Economy
• Subjects: Africa-Politics and government.; Comparative politics.; Poverty.; Economic development.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Globalization.; African Politics.; Comparative Politics.; Development Aid.; Development Theory.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

This monograph reclaims neo-colonialism as an analytical force for making sense of poverty and the failure of 'development' strategies within many African states in an era of free market globalisation. Eschewing polemics and weaving three country case studies throughout each chapter (Ghana...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Neo-colonialism and Nkrumah: Recovering a Critical Concept
• Chapter 2: Neo-colonialism and Foreign Corporations in Africa
• Chapter 3: Neo-colonialism and Donor Interventions: Western Aid Mechanisms
• Chapter 4: Emerging Powers and Neo-colonialism in Africa
• Chapter 5: Trade and Neo-colonialism: The Case of Africa-EU ties
• Chapter 6: Security, development and Neo-colonialism
• Chapter 7: The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Neo-colonialism
• Chapter 8: Agency, Sovereignty and Neo-colonialism. .