A New Scramble for Africa?: The Rush for Energy Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Sören Scholvin

Overview

This book is the first to bring together comparative perspectives on the strategies of state and non-state actors involved in the exploitation of Sub-Saharan energy resources; the potential and pitfalls of new forms of cooperation on energy southwards of the Sahara and the domestic opportunities and challenges of the present energy resource boom. It also advances a materialist approach applicable in geographical and political-scientific research, showing that much insight can be gained by concentrating on the material environment that shapes economic and political phenomena.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472430786
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	02/28/2015
Series:	The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Sören Scholvin (PhD, University of Hamburg) is a research fellow at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at the University of Hanover. He is also an associate research fellow at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg. He has published The Geopolitics of Regional Power: Geography, Economics and Politics in Southern Africa in the same series as this edited volume. Sören’s research is focussed on the geopolitics of emerging powers, and regional cooperation on energy and transport in sub-Saharan Africa and South America.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction, Sören Scholvin; Chapter 2, Stefan Andreasson; Chapter 3, Ana Cristina Alves; Chapter 4, Agathe Maupin; Chapter 5, Sören Scholvin; Chapter 6, Iván Cuesta-Fernández; Chapter 7, Artur Colom-Jaén, Eduardo Bidaurratzaga-Aurre; Chapter 8, David Fig, Sören Scholvin; Chapter 9 Conclusion, Sören Scholvin;

Editorial Reviews

’By putting energy front and centre of analysis, this book crafts new analytical pathways into International Political Economy (IPE) debates that often both neglect Africa and the significance of energy as the basis for the continent's growing significance to the global economy. As such, it makes innovative linkages to debates regarding environmental sustainability, the resource curse, geopolitics and development cooperation.’ Janis van der Westhuizen, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa ’Finally a book in social sciences with a holistic approach to energy resources! This volume compares the strategies of the key players in the struggle for Sub-Saharan energy resources: Brazil, Britain, China and the United States. It sheds light on the domestic impacts of resource booms in Mozambique and South Africa, and critically evaluates the potential for regional cooperation on energy. It is a very valuable contribution to an otherwise fragmented debate.’ Robert Kappel, GIGA - German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany ’The editors have put together a sharply focused treatment of the role of energy in the new scramble for Africa. The book captures in great detail the varied experiences across the continent while retaining an overall intellectual coherency. I strongly recommend it.’ Chris Alden, London School of Economics, UK

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