Land Grabbing and Home Country Development

Chinese and British Land Acquisitions in Comparative Perspective

DOI: 10.14361/9783839442678

Goetz, Ariane

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Since 2008, foreign land acquisitions have attracted international attention under the term »land grabbing.« Illustrated by rich and nuanced empirical accounts of forty Chinese and British investment projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ariane Goetz explains the phenomenon of »land grabbing« from the perspective of two investor countries. She reflects on Chinese and British public policy, state-society relations, national developmental contexts, ideologies, and international relations and thereby gives insights into the political economies that enable these investments as well as the development ambitions and institutionalized paradigms of which they form a part.

By offering a nuanced comparative analysis of two key actors often mistakenly represented as antithetical in the land grab debate, the book makes a timely and relevant contribution to one of the most controversial issue shaping contemporary processes of global restructuring. The book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of comparative political economy, agri-food as well as development studies.

2020-02-14Michaela Böhme, Connections, 14.02.2020

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- Frontmatter
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- Table of Contents
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- Abstract
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- Acknowledgements
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- List of Abbreviations
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- List of Tables
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- List of Figures
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- Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview - Land Grabbing from a Home Country Perspective
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- Chapter 2: International Land Acquisitions Today
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- Chapter 3: Historical Perspectives on Overseas Land Acquisitions in the South
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- Chapter 4: Chinese Investments in Africa - "Create Infinity, Benefit Mankind"
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- Chapter 5: The Chinese Context - Investments from a Home Country Perspective
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- Chapter 6: British Investments in Africa - "The Last Frontier to Find Alpha?"
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- Chapter 7: The British Context - Investments from a Home Country Perspective
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- Chapter 8: Land Grabbing and Home Country Development - Conclusion and Outlook
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- Appendices
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- References
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eISBN PDF: 978-3-8394-4267-8
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Creative Commons Lizenz: cc-by-nc-nd
Verlag: transcript Verlag
Schlagworte: Land Grabbing, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Public Policy, International Political Economy, China, UK, Sub-Saharan Africa, Investor, Home-Country Context, Globalization, Politics, Neoliberalism, International Relations, Sociology of Development, Political Science,

By offering a nuanced comparative analysis of two key actors often mistakenly represented as antithetical in the land grab debate, the book makes a timely and relevant contribution to one of the most controversial issue shaping contemporary processes of global restructuring. The book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of comparative political economy, agri-food as well as development studies.

2020-02-14Michaela Böhme, Connections, 14.02.2020

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