1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699771503321

Titolo

The economic outlook [[electronic resource] ] : hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, July 14, 2010

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 185 pages) : illustrations

Collana

S. hrg. ; ; 111-669

Soggetti

Financial crises - United States

Economic stabilization - United States

United States Economic conditions 2009-

United States Economic policy 2009-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 16, 2010).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813082003321

Autore

Gadza Aleksandra

Titolo

Africa and China : how Africans and their governments are shaping relations with China / / Aleksandra Gadza ; contributors Aleksandra W. Gadzala [and ten others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-3776-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

337.67051

Soggetti

Africa, Sub-Saharan Foreign economic relations China

China Foreign economic relations Africa, Sub-Saharan

Africa, Sub-Saharan Relations China

China Relations Africa, Sub-Saharan

Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: African State Agency; 1 China-Africa Trade; 2 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; 3 China and the Shaping of African Information Societies; 4 Understanding Angolan Agency: The Luanda-Beijing Face-Off; 5 Ethiopia: Toward a Foreign-Funded "Revolutionary Democracy"; II: African Agency Beyond the State; 6 Making Space for African Agency in China-Africa Engagements; 7 Racialization as Agency in Zambia-China Relations; 8 #MadeinAfrica; 9 Afro-Chinese Cooperation; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

With case studies from the technology, natural resource, security, manufacturing, and financial sectors, the volume shows not only how African realities shape Chinese actions, but also how African governments and entrepreneurs are learning to leverage their competitive advantages and to negotiate the growing Chinese presence across the continent.