Description:
Between 2000 and 2016, China and the UK acquired large areas of land through investment projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Illustrated by numerous rich and nuanced empirical accounts of such projects, Ariane Goetz explains the global 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
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview - Land Grabbing from a Home Country Perspective -- Chapter 2: International Land Acquisitions Today -- Chapter 3: Historical Perspectives on Overseas Land Acquisitions in the South -- Chapter 4: Chinese Investments in Africa - "Create Infinity, Benefit Mankind" -- Chapter 5: The Chinese Context - Investments from a Home Country Perspective -- Chapter 6: British Investments in Africa - "The Last Frontier to Find Alpha?" -- Chapter 7: The British Context - Investments from a Home Country Perspective -- Chapter 8: Land Grabbing and Home Country Development - Conclusion and Outlook -- Appendices -- References