Online Library TheLib.net » Extracting profit: imperialism, neoliberalism and the new scramble for Africa
A historical explanation of poverty and inequality in African societies today and the social impact of resource-driven growth, Extracting profit explains why Africa has recently undergone an economic boom alongside widespread militarization. This exploitation has not gone unchallenged, however. The book recounts various narratives of grassroots organizing and protest, from platinum workers' struggles in South Africa and Nigerian labor organizing to pro-democracy upheavals in Burkina Faso. It points to the potential for resistance to global capital and for fundamental change, in Africa and beyond.;Introduction and overview -- Legacies of colonialism -- Neoliberalism : crisis, debt, and structural adjustment -- "Rising Africa" -- The new scramble for Africa -- Resource curse or resource wars? -- Militarism and the rise of AFRICOM -- Class struggle and permanent revolution.
Download the book Extracting profit: imperialism, neoliberalism and the new scramble for Africa for free or read online
Read Download

Continue reading on any device:
QR code
Last viewed books
Related books
Comments (0)
reload, if the code cannot be seen