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Author:   Sören Scholvin ,  Professor Timothy M. Shaw
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781472430762

ISBN 10:   147243076
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   28 January 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction, Soren Scholvin; British and US strategies in the competition for energy resources in sub-Saharan Africa, Stefan Andreasson; China and Brazil in sub-Saharan African fossil fuels: a comparative analysis, Ana Cristina Alves; Energy and regional integration: the Grand Inga Project in the DR Congo, Agathe Maupin; Energy from across the border: explaining South Africa's regional energy policy, Soren Scholvin; Mammoth dams, lean neighbours: assessing the bid to turn Ethiopia into East Africa's powerhouse, Ivan Cuesta-Fernandez; The resource curse debate after Mozambique's emergence as an energy exporter, Artur Colom-Jaen and Eduardo Bidaurratzaga-Aurre; Fracking the Karoo: the barriers to shale gas extraction in South Africa based on experiences from Europe and the US, David Fig and Soren Scholvin; Conclusion, Soren Scholvin; Index.

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'By putting energy front and centre of analysis, this book crafts new analytical pathways into International Political Economy (IPE) debates that often both neglect Africa and the significance of energy as the basis for the continent's growing significance to the global economy. As such, it makes innovative linkages to debates regarding environmental sustainability, the resource curse, geopolitics and development cooperation.' Janis van der Westhuizen, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 'Finally a book in social sciences with a holistic approach to energy resources! This volume compares the strategies of the key players in the struggle for Sub-Saharan energy resources: Brazil, Britain, China and the United States. It sheds light on the domestic impacts of resource booms in Mozambique and South Africa, and critically evaluates the potential for regional cooperation on energy. It is a very valuable contribution to an otherwise fragmented debate.' Robert Kappel, GIGA - German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany

a By putting energy front and centre of analysis, this book crafts new analytical pathways into International Political Economy (IPE) debates that often both neglect Africa and the significance of energy as the basis for the continent's growing significance to the global economy. As such, it makes innovative linkages to debates regarding environmental sustainability, the resource curse, geopolitics and development cooperation.a (TM) Janis van der Westhuizen, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa a Finally a book in social sciences with a holistic approach to energy resources! This volume compares the strategies of the key players in the struggle for Sub-Saharan energy resources: Brazil, Britain, China and the United States. It sheds light on the domestic impacts of resource booms in Mozambique and South Africa, and critically evaluates the potential for regional cooperation on energy. It is a very valuable contribution to an otherwise fragmented debate.a (TM) Robert Kappel, GIGA - German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany a The editors have put together a sharply focused treatment of the role of energy in the new scramble for Africa. The book captures in great detail the varied experiences across the continent while retaining an overall intellectual coherency. I strongly recommend it.a (TM) Chris Alden, LSE, UK

Author Information

Soren Scholvin (PhD, University of Hamburg) is a research fellow at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at the University of Hanover. He is also an associate research fellow at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg. He has published The Geopolitics of Regional Power: Geography, Economics and Politics in Southern Africa in the same series as this edited volume. Soren's research is focussed on the geopolitics of emerging powers, and regional cooperation on energy and transport in sub-Saharan Africa and South America.

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