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Langan Mark |
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Global Britain and neo-colonialism in Africa : Brexit, 'development' and coloniality |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
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©2023 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (270 pages) |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- 1 Global Britain and 'Empire 2.0' in Africa: Critical Perspectives on UK Imperial Impulses -- Introduction -- Brexit and Imperial Impulses at the Heart of 'Global Britain' -- Nkrumah, Neo-Colonialism and Global Coloniality -- Nkrumah's Political Speeches and the Interrogation of Neo-Colonialism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 2 Africa and the Commonwealth: UK Imperial Imaginaries -- Introduction -- British Officials and Conceptions of the Commonwealth in the Post-War Era -- A Renewed Commitment to the African Commonwealth? From Blair to Brexit -- The Brexit Referendum and Discourse on Africa and the Commonwealth -- The Global Britain Project and 'Development' in Commonwealth Africa -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3 Global Britain and Africa-UK Trade Relations -- Introduction -- EU Free Trade Agendas in Africa: Assessing EPAs and EBA/GSP -- Global Britain and Pledges to Pro-Poor Trade with African Countries -- Global Britain and Trade Deals in Africa After EU Withdrawal -- Neo-colonial Trajectories for Global Britain's Trade with Africa? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 Global Britain and UK Aid Policy Towards Africa -- Introduction -- From Blair to Brexit: A 'Humanitarian' Phase in UK Aid Policy? -- Brexiteer Populism and Aid Fatigue in the UK Context -- A 'Realist' or 'Nationalist' Turn in UK Aid After Brexit? -- Global Britain, Aid and Global Coloniality -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5 Global Britain and Development Finance in Africa -- Introduction -- The |
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Financialisation of Development and the Wall Street Consensus -- UK Development Finance and CDC Prior to the 2016 Referendum -- Global Britain and British International Investment (BII) -- British Development Finance and Neo-Colonialism in Africa -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 6 UK Corporate Interests and Neo-colonialism in Africa. |
Introduction -- Private Sector Development and Poverty Reduction in Africa: From Blair to Cameron -- The 'New Scramble' for Africa: Brexit and PSD -- UK Corporations for 'Development'? Oil, Minerals and Land -- Global Britain, UK Corporations and Neo-colonialism in Africa -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 7 UK Security Interests and Neo-colonialism in Africa -- Introduction -- UK Security Interests in Africa: From Blair to Cameron -- The Brexit Referendum and the Securitisation of Migration -- British Security Interests in Africa Since the Referendum -- British Security Interventions and Neo-colonialism in Africa -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 8 Contesting Global Britain: Considering African Agency -- Introduction -- Global Britain as an Expression of UK Elites' Ontological (In)Security -- Contesting Global Britain: Material and Ideational Forms of Resistance -- Nkrumah, Neo-colonialism and the Decolonial School -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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