The open veins of Africa
Subtitle: the dynamics of extractive accumulation by dispossession in 21st century Africa
By: Tatah Mentan
Publisher: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Mankon, Bamenda
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9789956550135
Subjects: Economic development; Economic conditions; Nonrenewable natural resources; Imperialism; Economic aspects; Globalization; Economics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Chapter one. Introduction: Trump, the "shithole African countries", and flawed explanations of extractivism; title: Chapter two. Deconstructing accumulation by dispossession via extractive imperialism; title: Chapter three. Colonial extractive imperialism : historical perspective in Africa; title: Chapter four. The Washington consensus : Trojan horse of extractive imperialism in Africa; title: Chapter five. Contemporary armored extractive imperialism in Africa; title: Chapter six. New extractive imperialism and the neocolonial state in Africa; title: Chapter seven. Extractive imperialism and democracy in Africa : paradoxes, limitations, transcendence; title: Chapter eight. Summary, theoretical reprise, conclusion and way forward; title: Annexure.