Showing 1 - 10 of 8,139
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013541618
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003834632
This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009630081
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982668
There is no doubt: we want to help. The well-documented horrors of extreme poverty around the world have created a moral imperative that people have responded to in their millions. Yet the poverty persists. At a time of unprecedented global prosperity, children are starving to death. Are we not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003767863
Engagement in Africa -- The Mountains are High and the Emperor is Far Away -- Zombie Investments -- Green Shoots -- The Future …"Is China building a new empire in rural Africa? Over the past decade, China's meteoric rise on the continent has … its people. Africa's savannahs and river basins host the planet's largest expanses of underutilized land and water. Few …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013480371
infrastructural development in Africa. It discusses the neo-colonialist implications of this relationship and the consequences for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012309973
"Over the past two decades Chinese engagement in Africa has attracted an increasing amount of global attention. In …, attended the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit. For the first time, China demonstrated its impressive political … influence over the entire continent. In 2009, China surpassed the United States to become Africa's largest bilateral trading …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251333
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000373935