Land grabbing and home country development : : Chinese and British land acquisitions in comparative perspective / / Ariane Goetz.

• Funder: transcript: Open Library 2019 (Politik)
• VerfasserIn: Goetz, Ariane,
• Author: transcript: Open Library 2019 (Politik)
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript Verlag,, [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Edition Politik
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

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.« Michaela Böhme, Connections, 14.02.2020

Table of Contents

Frontmatter 1 Table of Contents 5 Abstract 9 Acknowledgements 11 List of Abbreviations 13 List of Tables 19 List of Figures 21 Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview - Land Grabbing from a Home Country Perspective 23 Chapter 2: International Land Acquisitions Today 53 Chapter 3: Historical Perspectives on Overseas Land Acquisitions in the South 77 Chapter 4: Chinese Investments in Africa - "Create Infinity, Benefit Mankind" 117 Chapter 5: The Chinese Context - Investments from a Home Country Perspective 153 Chapter 6: British Investments in Africa - "The Last Frontier to Find Alpha?" 189 Chapter 7: The British Context - Investments from a Home Country Perspective 225 Chapter 8: Land Grabbing and Home Country Development - Conclusion and Outlook 263 Appendices 287 References 305