Overview
- Re-engages the concept of 'neo-colonialism' to make sense of the ongoing cycle of poverty in Africa and the failure of development
- Offers a unique theoretical approach to varieties of neo-colonial intervention in Africa
- Engages a wide array of country cases, including Ghana, Uganda and Zambia
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contemporary African Political Economy (CONTAPE)
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Book Title: Neo-Colonialism and the Poverty of 'Development' in Africa
Authors: Mark Langan
Series Title: Contemporary African Political Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58571-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86430-3Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58571-0Published: 11 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2945-7351
Series E-ISSN: 2945-736X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 253
Topics: African Politics, Comparative Politics, Development Aid, Development Theory, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Globalization