Ben Lampert, May Tan-Mullins, Daphne Chang

Chinese Migrants and Africa's Development

New Imperialists or Agents of Change?

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Produktbeschreibung

A thorough and fascinating study of motivations, relationships, and impact of Chinese migrants in Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Zed Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 123mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 244g
• ISBN-13: 9781780329161
• ISBN-10: 1780329164
• Artikelnr.: 39075081

Autorenporträt

Ben Lampert, May Tan-Mullins, Daphne Chang and Giles Mohan

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Chinese in Africa: migration and development beyond the west 2.
China's opening up: internationalization, liberalization and emigration 3.
Africa as opportunity: Chinese interests, motives and aspirations 4.
Chinese socio-economic life in Africa: networks and realities 5.
Constructing the other: narratives of tension and conflict in Sino-African
encounters 6. Building bridges: towards conviviality, cooperation and
mutual benefit in Sino-African encounters 7. Conclusion: everyday
Sino-African encounters and the potential for African development