African Constructions of China: Insights from Ghana and Kenya
In: Routledge Contemporary Africa Series
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Table -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Interviewees -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Sino- and State/Unitary-Centrism in the Africa-China Scholarship -- The Historical Literature -- The Contemporary Literature: Images of China in Africa -- African Agency: Beyond the State-Centric and Unitary Actor Approaches -- Why Ghana and Kenya? -- Ghana and China -- Kenya and China -- Conclusion -- Looking Ahead -- Bibliography -- 2 Domestic Construction of the External Other -- Critique of Rationalist Approaches -- Material vs Ideational Debate -- Individualist (Agent) vs Holist (Structure) Debate -- Constructivism as a Middle Ground -- Conventional Constructivism -- Critique of Wendtian Constructivism -- Constructivism-at-Home: Domestic Sources of State Identities and Interests -- Identity vs Interests -- Narratives -- Agency -- Domestic Constructions of China in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Ascertaining African China-Related Constructions: A Tri-Relational Methodology -- Sobjectivism -- Pluralism -- Familiarisation -- A Tri-Relational Approach -- Pragmatism -- Theoretical Saturation, Sampling, Sensitivity and Adequacy -- Discourse Analysis -- Interviews -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3 Development Partner and Model: China's SSA Win-Win Relationship -- Emergence as Development Partner: China's Distinct Approach of Non-Interference -- Non-Interference and Non-Conditionalities -- China as a Development Partner -- China as a Responsible Partner -- China as a Development Model -- China-Africa Relations as a Win-Win -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 Reproaching China: An Irresponsible Neo-Coloniser -- A Lose-Win: China Benefits More than Africa -- Economic Losses -- Demographic Impacts -- China as a Neo-Coloniser.