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Neo-Colonialism and the Poverty of 'Development' in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Mark Langan

    1. Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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  • 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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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  7. Security, Development, and Neo-Colonialism

    • Mark Langan
    Pages 149-175

  9. Agency, Sovereignty, and Neo-Colonialism

    • Mark Langan
    Pages 207-235

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 237-253
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About this book

Langan reclaims neo-colonialism as an analytical force for making sense of the failure of ‘development’ strategies in many African states in an era of free market globalisation. Eschewing polemics and critically engaging the work of Ghana’s first President – Kwame Nkrumah – the book offers a rigorous assessment of the concept of neo-colonialism. It then demonstrates how neo-colonialism remains an impediment to genuine empirical sovereignty and poverty reduction in Africa today. It does this through examination of corporate interventions; Western aid-giving; the emergence of ‘new’ donors such as China; EU-Africa trade regimes; the securitisation of development; and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Throughout the chapters, it becomes clear that the current challenges of African development cannot be solely pinned on so-called neo-patrimonial elites. Instead it becomes imperative to fully acknowledge, and interrogate, corporate and donor interventions which lock many poorer countriesinto neo-colonial patterns of trade and production. The book provides an original contribution to studies of African political economy, demonstrating the on-going relevance of the concept of neo-colonialism, and reclaiming it for scholarly analysis in a global era.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Mark Langan

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About the author

Mark Langan is Lecturer in International Politics at Newcastle University, UK. 
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