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Author Taylor, Ian, author

Title Africa rising? : BRICS - diversifying dependency / Ian Taylor
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY, US : James Currey, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series African issues
African issues.
Contents Cover; Title; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms; Introduction; 1 The BRICS & 'Africa Rising'; 2 Brazil in Africa; 3 Russia in Africa; 4 India in Africa; 5 China in Africa; 6 'Africa Rising': Jobless Growth & Deindustrialisation; 7 Conclusion: Diversifying Dependency?; Bibliography; Index; Titles of Related Interest; Copyright
Summary Africa is said to be rising, turning a definitive page in its history, heralding new and exciting possibilities for the continent. The Africa Rising discourse maintains that upsurge in economic growth comes with improved governance and endogenous dynamics; that the emerging economies, and especially the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India China, South Africa], have been instrumental in diversifying Africa''s international relations, perhaps leading to a radical change in the global order, favourable to the developing world. But to what extent is this true, and how deep and how broad has been the impa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-190) and index
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Subject Diplomatic relations.
SUBJECT Africa -- Foreign relations -- BRIC countries
BRIC countries -- Foreign relations -- Africa
Subject Africa.
BRIC countries.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1782043349
9781782043348
9781787443877
1787443876