Land Grabbing and Home Country Development

Chinese and British Land Acquisitions in Comparative Perspective
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4267-4
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, Band 61, 368 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 573 g

Reihe: Edition Politik

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goetz, Ariane

Götz, Ariane

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik

Über Autor(innen)

Ariane Goetz (PhD) is a political scientist. Her research focuses on the political economy of land use, agriculture, energy and the environment in the context of international organization, national development, and global restructuring.