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020 _a9781608468515 (pbk.) :
_c£16.99
035 _a(StDuBDS)9781608468515
040 _aStDuBDS
_beng
_cStDuBDS
_erda
072 7 _aECO
_2eflch
072 7 _aECO
_2ukslc
082 0 4 _a330.9'6
_223
100 1 _aWengraf, Lee,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aExtracting profit :
_bimperialism, neoliberalism and the new scramble for Africa /
_cLee Wengraf.
264 1 _aChicago :
_bHaymarket Books,
_c2018.
300 _a300 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
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.
521 _aSpecialized.
650 7 _aEconomics.
_2eflch
650 7 _aEconomics.
_2ukslc
651 0 _aAfrica
_xEconomic conditions
_y1960-
942 _n0
999 _c60912
_d60912