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A Post State-Centric Analysis of China-Africa Relations

Part of the Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66453-8

ISBN: 978-3-319-66452-1

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Nov 4, 2017

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Introduction

Ziso, Edson

Pages: 1 –27

[The impact of Chinese investment in Africa has become one of the most central questions in international relations and international political economy. There is a multiplicity of views in the analysis of China’s contemporary engagement with Africa. However, these views seem to be guided more by...
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Ethiopia-China Relations: An ‘Inside-Out’ Perspective

Ziso, Edson

Pages: 29 –56

[A key task in this project is to theorise the changing nature of state-society relations as these are played out within the Ethiopian state, in the context of growing Chinese investment. The main challenge is to show how the internal and external link together. To meet this challenge, the book...
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Crisis and Contradiction in Ethiopia Since 1974: Setting the Stage for Chinese Investment

Ziso, Edson

Pages: 57 –73

[Two periods have significantly shaped contemporary Ethiopia: the reign of the Dergue regime (1974–1991) and the reigning EPRDF government since then. Most scholars on Ethiopian politics including Young and Keller concur that the period immediately after the year 1991 was the turning point in...
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From Dergue Socialism to an ‘Ethiopian Neoliberalism’: Transition and Reform Under the EPRDF Since 1991

Ziso, Edson

Pages: 75 –102

[This chapter analyses the defining transition that took place in Ethiopia from a command, centralised socialist economy to a market-oriented and neoliberal regime. In particular, it provides an understanding of institutional mechanisms and processes through which Chinese investment was then able...
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The Drivers of Chinese Investment in Ethiopia Since 1995: Institution, Economics and Politics

Ziso, Edson

Pages: 103 –136

[The previous chapter outlined how the new EPRDF government instituted its reform agenda soon after taking over from the socialist Dergue in 1991. This chapter now offers an in-depth examination of the drivers of Chinese investment in Ethiopia, looking at new modalities of state intervention and...
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Chinese Investment and New Modalities of State Intervention in Ethiopia

Ziso, Edson

Pages: 137 –169

[This is a more detailed discussion of the distinct impact of Chinese investment and some general characteristics of the Chinese party-state on state-society relations in Ethiopia, including media freedom and civil society activities. The chapter highlights the crucial point that the distinct...
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The Impact of Chinese Investment in Ethiopia: Party Capitalism and the Informalisation of Institutions

Ziso, Edson

Pages: 171 –196

[This chapter is focused on the Chinese capital entrenching the EPRDF regime in the sphere of informal politics. It analyses the patterns of political power in Ethiopia that have come about as a result of the impact on state-society relations of Chinese investment in Ethiopia since the coming to...
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Conclusions: Summary of Main Findings and Some Suggestions for Future Research

Ziso, Edson

Pages: 197 –211

[Driven primarily by the Chinese state, the internationalisation of Chinese capital is one of the most important international political economy developments of the last decade. The analysis of the same, especially its varied ramifications around the world, is also now featuring prominently in...

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