Chinas New Role in African Politics
Chinas rise to global power status in recent decades has been accompanied by deepening economic relationships with Africa, with the New Silk Roads extension to Sub-Saharan Africa as the latest step, leading to much academic debate about the influence of Chinese business in the continent. However, Chinas engagement with African states at the political and diplomatic level has received less attention in the literature. This book investigates the impact of Chinese policies on African politics, asking how China deals with political instability in Africa and in turn how Africans perceive China to be helping or hindering political stability.
While China officially operates with a foreign policy strategy which conceives of Africa as one integrated monolithic area (with the Forum on ChinaAfrica Cooperation (FOCAC) the flagship of inter-continental cooperation), this book highlights the plurality of context-specific interaction patterns between China and African elites, demonstrating how Chinas role and relevance has differently evolved according to whether African countries are resource-rich and geostrategically important from the Chinese perspective or not. By looking comparatively at a range of different country cases, the book aims to promote a more thorough understanding of how China reacts to political stability and instability, and in which ways the country contributes to domestic political dynamics and stability within African states.
Chinas New Role in African Politics will be of interest to researchers from across Political Science, International Relations, International Law and Economy, Security Studies, and African and Chinese Studies.
Christof Hartmann is Professor of Political Science, in particular International Relations and African Politics, at the Department of Political Science, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
Nele Noesselt is Professor of Political Science with a special focus on China and East Asia at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
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Chinas New Role in African Politics
From Non-Intervention towards Stabilization?
Edited by Christof Hartmann and Nele Noesselt
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Chinas New Role in African Politics
From Non-Intervention towards Stabilization?
Edited by Christof Hartmann and Nele Noesselt
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Title: Chinas new role in African politics : from non-intervention towards stabilization? / edited by Christof Hartmann and Nele Noesselt.
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Subjects: LCSH: Africa, Sub-SaharanForeign relationsChina. | Africa, Sub-SaharanPolitics and government21st century. | ChinaPolitics and government21st century. | ChinaForeign relationsAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
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Richard Aidoo is Associate Professor of Politics at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina, USA where he also serves as Assistant Dean of the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts. His research work on the political economy of Sub-Saharan Africa and ChinaAfrica relations has appeared in journal articles, book chapters, and different media outlets including CNN, Real Clear World, TheWashington Post, The National Interest, and Yahoo News. He is the co-author of Charting the Roots of Anti-Chinese Populism in Africa
