China-Africa Relations in an Era of Great Transformations

This collection juxtaposes a variety of approaches about China and Africa, and their interrelations seeking to go beyond early, simplistic formulations. Perspectives informed by Polanyi advance nuanced analysis of varieties of capitalisms and double-movements. It seeks to put contemporary China-Africa relations in critical, comparative context and in doing so, it will go beyond descriptions of inter-regional trade and investment, large- and small-scale sectors, to ask whether structural change is underway. Already it is apparent that the growing presence of China in Africa presents the latter with some novel options but whether these will generate a new embeddedness remains problematic. Highlighting the 'varieties of capitalisms' in the new century, given the undeniable difficulties of extreme neo-liberalism in the US and UK by contrast, to the apparent ebullience of the emerging economies in the global South, this book examines such implications for international relations, international political economy, development studies and policies.

Introduction, LiXing, Timothy M.Shaw; Chapter 1 Beyond Debating the Differences China's Aid and Trade in Africa, AshleyKim Stewart, LiXing; Chapter 2 Chinese Normative Communities of Practice, EmilianKavalski; Chapter 3 Greening Chinese-African Relations?, SvenGrimm, MerylBurgess; Chapter 4 Capitalist or Villain, XuYi-chong; Chapter 5 Europe and China in Sub-Saharan Africa, HenningMelber; Chapter 6 Indian and Chinese Soft Power in Africa, RenuModi; Chapter 7 Geopolitics, Transnational Spaces and Development, AbdulkadirOsman Farah; Chapter 8 China and Brazil's ECA Activity, LucyCorkin; Chapter 9 South Africa's Accession to the BRICS, SanushaNaidu;