The Business of Development in Post-Colonial Africa (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This collection brings together a range of case studies by both established and early career scholars to consider the nexus between business and development in post-colonial Africa. A number of contributors examine the involvement of European companies (most notably those of former colonial powers) in development in various African states at the end of empire and in the early post-colonial era. They explore how businesses were not just challenged by the new international landscape but benefited from the opportunities it offered, particularly those provided by development aid. Other contributors focus on the development agencies of the departing colonial powers to consider how far these served to promote the interests of European companies. Together these case studies constitute an important contribution to our understanding of both business and development in post-colonial Africa, redressing an imbalance in existing histories of both business and development which focus predominantly on the colonial period. This volume breaks new ground as one of the very first to bring the study of foreign companies and development aid into the same frame of analysis

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Release date:	March 2021
First published:	2020
Editors:	Veronique Dimier • Sarah Stockwell
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-051105-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > History > African history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
LSN:	3-03-051105-7
Barcode:	9783030511050

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