Since 2008, foreign land acquisitions have attracted international attention under the term (S1(Bland grabbing.(S0(B Illustrated by rich and nuanced empirical accounts of forty Chinese and British investment projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ariane Goetz explains the phenomenon of (S1(Bland grabbing(S0(B from the perspective of two investor countries. She reflects on Chinese and British public policy, state-society relations, national developmental contexts, ideologies, and international relations and thereby gives insights into the political economies that enable these investments as well as the development ambitions and institutionalized paradigms of which they form a part.
| ISBN: | 9783837642674 |
| Publication date: | 8th December 2021 |
| Author: | Ariane Goetz |
| Publisher: | Transcript an imprint of transcript Verlag |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Series: | Edition Politik |
| Genres: |
International relations Globalization Sociology Politics and government Political structure and processes Central / national / federal government policies Economics, Finance, Business and Management Economic theory and philosophy International economics Environmental economics |