A New Scramble for Africa?: The Rush for Energy Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa

di Sören Scholvin (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015

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.

• Autore: Sören Scholvin
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: New Regionalisms Series
• Anno: 2015
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 178 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 490 gr.
• EAN: 9781472430762

Testo in English