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_a9781608468515 (pbk.) : _c£16.99 |
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035 | _a(StDuBDS)9781608468515 | ||
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_aStDuBDS _beng _cStDuBDS _erda |
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_aECO _2eflch |
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_aECO _2ukslc |
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_a330.9'6 _223 |
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_aWengraf, Lee, _eauthor. |
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_aExtracting profit : _bimperialism, neoliberalism and the new scramble for Africa / _cLee Wengraf. |
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_aChicago : _bHaymarket Books, _c2018. |
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_a300 pages ; _c22 cm |
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_atext _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _2rdacarrier |
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520 | 8 | _a'Extracting Profit' argues that the roots of today's social and economic conditions lie in the historical legacies of colonialism and the imposition of so-called 'reforms' by global financial institutions. The chokehold of debt and austerity of the late twentieth century paved the way for severe assaults on African working classes through neoliberal privatisation. And while the scramble for Africa's resources has heightened the pace of ecological devastation, examples from Somalia and the West African Ebola outbreak reveal a frightening surge of militarisation on the part of China and the U.S. | |
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_aEconomics. _2eflch |
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_aEconomics. _2ukslc |
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_aAfrica _xEconomic conditions _y1960- |
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