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A Post State-Centric Analysis of China-Africa Relations Introduction

A Post State-Centric Analysis of China-Africa Relations : Introduction [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 what China is imagined to be than what Africa is. Mawdsley summarises well how this image is reflected in the media: China is depicted as ‘guzzling,’ ‘aggressive,’ an ‘economic juggernaut,’ ‘insatiably thirsty’ for oils and minerals, and ‘voraciously’ capitalist. The central question in much of this literature is what drives Chinese economic and commercial diplomacy in Africa and what implications this process holds for the political institutions and economic growth of particular African countries. There have been—as will be discussed in this chapter—two broad answers to this question: one says that Chinese economic relations with Africa are predatory and a new form of imperialism is resulting in reinforcing Africa’s exploitation; another answer sees in this investment a possibility of new forms of development and a more assertive developmental role for the state. Here China offers alternative developmental futures that are distinct from the neo-liberal policies imposed by multilateral institutions. In this book, I argue that these are answers to the wrong problem or based around a wrong-headed problematic. It is a problematic that is based on a set of stereotypical assumptions about rising powers and the role of China that has become the staple of international relations literature.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Post State-Centric Analysis of China-Africa Relations Introduction

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Springer International Publishing
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[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 what China is imagined to be than what Africa is. Mawdsley summarises well how this image is reflected in the media: China is depicted as ‘guzzling,’ ‘aggressive,’ an ‘economic juggernaut,’ ‘insatiably thirsty’ for oils and minerals, and ‘voraciously’ capitalist. The central question in much of this literature is what drives Chinese economic and commercial diplomacy in Africa and what implications this process holds for the political institutions and economic growth of particular African countries. There have been—as will be discussed in this chapter—two broad answers to this question: one says that Chinese economic relations with Africa are predatory and a new form of imperialism is resulting in reinforcing Africa’s exploitation; another answer sees in this investment a possibility of new forms of development and a more assertive developmental role for the state. Here China offers alternative developmental futures that are distinct from the neo-liberal policies imposed by multilateral institutions. In this book, I argue that these are answers to the wrong problem or based around a wrong-headed problematic. It is a problematic that is based on a set of stereotypical assumptions about rising powers and the role of China that has become the staple of international relations literature.]

Published: Nov 4, 2017

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