A New Scramble for Africa?
The Rush for Energy Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 178 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Global energy consumption will increase rapidly in the next decades. The discrepancy between demand and supply is worrisome within the old and new cores of the world-economy. Sub-Saharan Africa meanwhile possesses vast potential for energy resources to be further exploited. Whilst the Global North is a traditional player in the sub-Saharan energy sector, new actors from emerging economies - especially China's state-owned enterprises but also Brazilian, Indian and South African giants - have entered what appears to be a scramble for the largely untapped energy resources of the region. This book is the first to bring together comparative perspectives on: · The strategies of state and non-state actors involved in the exploitation of sub-Saharan energy resources. · The potential and pitfalls of new forms of cooperation on energy southwards of the Sahara. · The domestic opportunities and challenges of the present energy resource boom. Dynamics on the international level are brought together with local developments to provide up-to-date insights on the scramble for energy resources in sub-Saharan Africa. This book also advances a materialist approach applicable in geographical and political-scientific research, showing that much insight can be gained by concentrating on the material environment that shapes economic and political phenomena.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps and Tables
- About the Editor
- About the Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 British and US Strategies in the Competition for Energy Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 3 China and Brazil in Sub-Saharan African Fossil Fuels: A Comparative Analysis
- 4 Energy and Regional Integration: The Grand Inga Project in the DR Congo
- 5 Energy from Across the Border: Explaining South Africa’s Regional Energy Policy
- 6 Mammoth Dams, Lean Neighbours: Assessing the Bid to Turn Ethiopia into East Africa’s Powerhouse
- 7 The Resource Curse Debate after Mozambique’s Emergence as an Energy Exporter
- 8 Fracking the Karoo: The Barriers to Shale Gas Extraction in South Africa Based on Experiences from Europe and the US
- 9 Conclusion
- Index