New Directions in Africa–China Studies

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface: New Directions in Africa–China Studies
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Studying Africa and China
The evolution of China–Africa studies: one account
New momentum: FOCAC VI and Chinese foreign policy under Xi Jinping
Themes and sub-fields
China–Africa: a field of study?
Area Studies and beyond
Africa in China studies, China in African studies
Power-knowledge
Knowledge production
Aims of the book
Overview of chapters
Notes
References
From China in Africa to global African studies
2. From field work to academic field: Personal reflections on China–Africa research
The beginnings: Africa as a gateway to China
Operationalizing research on China–Africa
Field research
Tanzania: the laboratory
Persistent questions in China–Africa research
Conclusion
Note
References
3. African studies in China in the twenty-first century: A historiographical survey
China-–Africa relations
Country studies
Current situation
Monographs and achievements
Annual report, memoirs and references
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
4. Themes and thoughts in Africanists’ discourse about China and Africa
Terms of engagement in the Africanist debate about China–Africa relations
Raw materials, loads of money, and corrupt deals
The cultural imperative in the China–Africa matrix
Confucianism as the basis of China–Africa relations?
Conclusion
Notes
References
5. Media as a site of contestation in China–Africa relations
Context: China–Africa media relations
Survey of China–Africa media research
Looking forward
China–Africa and media practices
Future China–Africa media relations from a topic perspective
Conclusion
Notes
References
6. “China in Africa” in the Anthropocene: A discourse of divergence in a converging world
The Euro-American construction of “China in Africa”
China (and the world) in Africa
We’re all in this together: global capital in the Age of the Anthropocene
Research implications
Notes
References
7. Doing ethnography beyond China: The ethic of the ignorant foreigner
The ethnographic encounter
The ethic of the ignorant foreigner
Research conversations and ethnography as remembrance
Toward a new direction in doing ethnography
Note
References
8. Global African studies and locating China
Autobiography
Archives
Area Studies to global studies? Navigating the twenty-first century
The way forward: a new initiative?
Notes
References
Views from downstairs: ethnography, identity, and agency
9. Chinese peanuts and Chinese machinga: The use and abuse of a rumour in Dar es Salaam (and ethnographic writing)
Seeing like an ethnographer: peanuts as indices
Seeing like a Chinese manager: peanuts as possibility
Seeing like a Tanzanian diplomat: who does the peanut speak for?
Seeing like a peanut
Conclusion
Notes
References
10. Reflections on the role of race in China–Africa relations
Chinese in Africa
Africans in China
Conclusion
Notes
References
11. Kenyan agency in Kenya–China relations: Contestation, cooperation and passivity
Agency as the safeguard of governance
Arenas
Actors
Motivations
Modalities
Conclusion
Notes
References
12. Bureaucratic agency and power asymmetry in Benin–China relations
Evolution of Benin-China relations
China: a key actor in the development of Benin’s infrastructure projects
Tracing the negotiation process
Who negotiates within the bureaucracies?
Comparative case studies and multi-dimensional bureaucratic agency
Bureaucratic agency in asymmetrical negotiations
Conclusion
Notes
References
13. Dependency and underdevelopment: The case of the Special Economic Zone in Mauritius
Traditional dependency
Contemporary relevance of dependency theory
China: metropolis or satellite?
Africa: the ultimate satellite
The Chinese SEZ in Mauritius
Evaluation of JFET’s development elements
A traditional dependency reading of JFET
The actual dependency exercise in JFET
Conclusion
Notes
References
14. Ivory trails: Divergent values of ivory and elephants in Africa and Asia
Congo River basin: elephant crisis, elephant values
Entanglements: values of elephants and ivory in Asian markets
Paradoxes
Conclusion
Notes
References
Views from upstairs: elites, policy and political economy
15. Neo-patrimonialism and extraversion in China’s relations with Angola and Mozambique: Is Beijing making a difference?
Extraversion and patrimonialism in Africa
Historical patterns of extraversion and patrimonialism in Angola and Mozambique
China-Angola: fuelling extraversion and neo-patrimonialism through oil-backed credit lines?
China-Mozambique: fuelling neo-patrimonialism and extraversion through business collusion?
Conclusion
Notes
References
16. Between resource extraction and industrializing Africa
Some discursive considerations
China’s entry: the nature of debates
Conclusion
References
17. A Chinese model for Africa: Problem-solving, learning and limits
Models, learning and meaning
China–Africa and the role of models
The Chinese development model as catalyst for a rising Africa
The limits of Chinese solutions to African problems
Conclusion
Notes
References
18. New Structural Economics: A first attempt at theoretical reflections on China–Africa engagement and its limitations
Notes
References
19. China, Africa, and global economic transformation
Contours of Chinese outward investment in Africa
Domestic dynamics of China’s capital export
From geoeconomics to geopolitics
China’s capital export in regional-comparative perspective
Conclusion
References
20. China and African security
Context
Drivers of China’s security engagement in Africa
China–Africa security relations in theoretical context
Development–Security
Future directions
Conclusion: toward Africa–China security studies
Notes
References
Conclusion
21. Conclusion
Western Topiary in the Garden of Solidarity: post-colonialism revisited
Lost voices found and agency discovered: a new archeology of knowledge
Beyond and beneath Area Studies
China as champion of globalisation: a world after its own image?
Concluding thoughts
Notes
References
Index