Mark Langan

The Moral Economy of EU Association with Africa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Applying a moral economy perspective, this book examines the tangible impact of Africa-Europe trade and development co-operation on citizens in developing countries. In so doing, it challenges liberal accounts of Europe's normative power to enable benevolent change in the Global South and illuminates how EU discourse acts to legitimise unequal trade ties that have regressive consequences for 'the poor'. Drawing upon the author's own fieldwork, it assesses the difference between norms and the actual impact of EU concessions in relation to: * budget support; * aid for trade; * private sector development (PSD); * decent work. It concludes by considering the value of a moral economy approach in the assessment of free trade structures more widely.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138797734
• ISBN-10: 1138797731
• Artikelnr.: 42796829

Autorenporträt

Mark Langan is Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Leicester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction 2 A normative history of EU
Africa relations 3 Moral economy of EU
Africa relations under Cotonou 4 Budget support and the moral economy of EU
Africa ties 5 Aid for Trade: delivering 'pro
poor' EPAs 6 Private sector development and African livelihoods 7 Decent work and the moral economy of EU
Africa ties 8 Moral economy and African agency: resisting 'neo
colonialism'? 9 Conclusion