Overview
- State of Research - The Rise of China and the BRI
- China's State-Civil Society Complex in the Structures of Global Order and Economy
- The Material, Ideational, and Institutional Externalization of Sino-Capitalism in East Africa
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This book examines the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in East Africa. The BRI is considered China's central geopolitical and geo-economic project in the era of President Xi Jinping. Through this work, the author aims to contribute to filling some research gaps, such as the lack of depth in studies of individual BRI projects and the underconsideration of processing narratives in participating countries. The guiding question is the extent to which the BRI is a political or hegemonic project of the CCP-directed state-civil society complex in East Africa. To answer these questions, databases of international organizations and policy documents are analyzed. In addition, the author conducts a qualitative content analysis of newspaper articles from local media houses in the countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania to examine three infrastructure projects. The work illustrates that the BRI contributes to increasing connectivity in East Africa. At the same time,the compression of economic relations and the implementation of infrastructure projects in East Africa lead to numerous consequences and contour a hegemonic project.
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About the author
Simon Züfle studied political science, history and international relations in Freiburg, Tübingen, Madrid, Moscow, Tehran and Beijing. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the research group "Doing Business in Africa" at the ESB Business School of Reutlingen University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Political Economy of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in East Africa
Authors: Simon Züfle
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-41161-9
Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden
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 Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-41160-2Published: 26 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-41161-9Published: 25 March 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 321
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Relations, Asian Politics