globalisation and Africa Rising Flashcards
what is at the heart of Africa’s revival? (Alden)
-at heart of revival is the engagement of emerging powers whose drive for resources and markets is reshaping the continent
Who is Africa’s top trading partner? (Alden)
-China is Africa’s top trading partner, major investor, provider of loans and significant diplomatic partner
Examples of countries investing in Africa? (Alden)
- India
- Brazil
- Korea
- Turkey
what do some suggest about China and India’s growing portion of economy? (Alden)
-reflects previous historical conditions, colonialism, cold war through liberation movements
Example of Western governments single minded promotion of major Africa policy initiatives (Alden)
-european partnership agreements or 7 year search for an African basing site for Pentagon’s Africa command, shows how legacies of colonialism and cold war politics exercise continued influence
“china willing to…” (Alden)
-invest in high risk areas i.e large investment into war-torn Sudan’s oil sector after 1995
what are two commonplace and mistaken narratives? (Ayres)
- the highly questionable representations of the scale and threat of emerging powers’ involvement in Africa in contrast to the silineces, hypocrisy and paternalistic representation of the historical role of the west eg US Congress officials voicing concern about chinese Aid
- debate and analysis are framed predominantly within an ahistoric statist framework of analysis, particularly that of inter-state rivalry between China and other emegring states vs Western powers
How does Rotberg describe China? (Ayres)
-“opportunistic”, “extractive and exploitative”
What is the principle mode of intervention? and who is more salient in them (Ayres)
- FDI
- finance/aid
- trade
-western states surpass Chinese involvement in all of them
how much of FDI did western economies account for in 2009?(Ayres)
-three quarters
How has China’s FDI stock in Africa increased between 2005 and 2008? (Ayres)
-$1.3 billion in 2005 to $7,8 billion end of 2008
Le Pere- “China’s threat…”
-“China’s threat largely a product of western inspired hypocrisy and arrogance”
Example of west undertaking undemocratic practises? (Ayres)
- assassination of Patrice Lumumba and backing of Mobutu
- America sending $2 billion aid annually to Hosni Mubarak and disregarded military annulling of democratic election in Algeria
What’s important to note about China’s rise? (Ayres)
-It’s not beneficial to developing countries
where should the new scramble for Africa be located? (Ayres)
in the context of a significant spatial reorganisation of global capitalism
