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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484807603321

Titolo

Africa-China cooperation : towards an African policy on China? / / Philani Mthembu, Faith Mabera, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-53039-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 240 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Disciplina

327.510609047

Soggetti

Africa Foreign relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Africa’s changing geopolitics: towards an African policy on China? -- Chapter 2. A call for an African policy framework towards China -- Chapter 3. Regionalizing Sino-African diplomatic engagement: Kagame and overcoming the ‘One and the Many’ paradigm -- Chapter 4. The need for Africa’s common policy towards China: a decolonial Afrocentric perspective -- Chapter 5. Pan-African perspectives on international relations - Africa and China -- Chapter 6. The role of China’s development finance in Africa: towards enhancing African agency? -- Chapter 7. China’s evolving approach to the African peace and security agenda: rationale, trends and implications -- Chapter 8. Cultural approaches to Africa’s engagement with China -- Chapter 9. One or many voices? : public diplomacy and its impact on an African policy towards China -- Chapter 10. The EU and Africa: a multilateral model for the future of Africa-China relations?.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a range of perspectives on the Africa–China partnership in the context of the Forum on China and Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Incorporating historical, political, social and cultural dimensions, it offers innovative views on the Africa–China relationship that combine theory and practice, and critically examines the prospects of a Pan-African policy towards China, complementary to China’s comprehensive African policy. The chapters address a number of key questions, including: What steps are being taken to achieve a more coordinated approach and policy towards China on the African



continent? Does Africa even need a collective strategy in the first place? How would a coherent policy framework affect Africa’s relations with Europe and other external partners? How do the pillars of the partnership align with the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? Philani Mthembu is Executive Director of the Institute for Global Dialogue, Pretoria, South Africa. Faith Mabera is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue, Pretoria, South Africa. .