A new scramble for Africa? : the rush for energy resources in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Author:

Scholvin, Sören.

ISBN:

9781472430762

Physical Description:

xii,160 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

The International political economy of new regionalisms series

International political economy of new regionalisms series.

Contents:

Introduction / Sören 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 / Sören Scholvin -- Mammoth dams, lean neighbours : assessing the bid to turn Ethiopia into East Africa's powerhouse / Iván Cuesta-Fernández -- The resource curse debate after Mozambique's emergence as an energy exporter / Artur Colom-Jaén 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 Sören Scholvin -- Conclusion / Sören Scholvin.

Subject Term:

Energy industries -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Petroleum industry and trade -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Energy policy -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Energy development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

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Scholvin, Sören.

Andreasson, Stefan. British and US strategies in the competition for energy resources in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Summary

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.