Overview
- Examines contemporary China–South Africa trade relationships
- Uses quantitative data to test commonly held assumptions about the ‘new scramble for Africa'
- Looks at South Africa trade relations with the Indo-Pacific
Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)
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This book comparatively examines the China–South Africa trade relationship over three decades through the prism of four other relationships South Africa has with states that have been China’s most contentious neighbours in the Indo-Pacific (India, Japan, Taiwan and the USA). Asia is widely expected to be the new economic centre of gravity in international relations, particularly for trade. Yet despite the story of growth for both it and its neighbours, China ranks above all these countries in terms of trade partnership with South Africa and a majority of states across the globe. This poses a puzzle answerable only through in-depth analysis. In this way, this pathbreaking new book uses quantitative data to test commonly held assumptions about the ‘new scramble for Africa’ and shines a light on the driving forces, interests and sources of agency in South Africa’s trade and foreign policies over the past three decades. The findings allow for the deduction of general patterns applicableto South Africa and peer economies, some of whom are benchmarked throughout the book for comparative insights.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bhaso Ndzendze is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Department of Politics and International Relations. His research on China–Africa relations has appeared in numerous leading journals and books. He was formerly Research Director at the Centre for Africa–China Studies at UJ.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Political Economy of Sino–South African Trade and Regional Competition
Authors: Bhaso Ndzendze
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98076-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-98075-7Published: 12 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-98078-8Published: 13 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-98076-4Published: 11 April 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 214
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Relations Theory, International Relations