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Global Britain and Neo-colonialism in Africa

Brexit, 'Development' and Coloniality

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Authors:
  1. Mark Langan

    1. King's College London, London, UK

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  • Examines the meaning of Brexit for Africa-UK relations focusing on trade, aid, and corporate activities

  • Analyzes emerging Brexit trade deals in the continent

  • Points out the historical role of key UK institutions in pursuing free market reforms in Africa

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Global Britain and ‘Empire 2.0’ in Africa: Critical Perspectives on UK Imperial Impulses

    • Mark Langan
    Pages 1-30

  3. Africa and the Commonwealth: UK Imperial Imaginaries

    • Mark Langan
    Pages 31-59

  4. Global Britain and Africa-UK Trade Relations

    • Mark Langan
    Pages 61-91

  5. Global Britain and UK Aid Policy Towards Africa

    • Mark Langan
    Pages 93-122

  6. Global Britain and Development Finance in Africa

    • Mark Langan
    Pages 123-154

  7. UK Corporate Interests and Neo-colonialism in Africa

    • Mark Langan
    Pages 155-188

  8. UK Security Interests and Neo-colonialism in Africa

    • Mark Langan
    Pages 189-222

  9. Contesting Global Britain: Considering African Agency

    • Mark Langan
    Pages 223-246

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 247-261
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This book examines the implications of Brexit for Africa-UK relations amid a ‘new scramble’ for the continent. Engaging Nkrumah on neo-colonialism and recent scholarship on global coloniality, Langan here underscores concerns that Brexit was fuelled by an imperial romanticism that now gives rise to a Global Britain project involving the perpetration of ‘Empire 2.0’ in Africa. In this context, he examines UK elites’ pursuit of Brexit trade deals and the ‘development’ consequences of premature market opening. Throughout its chapters, this work assesses strategic usages of UK aid monies in terms of economic leverage and the externalisation of migration and highlights the impact of UK development finance and corporate activities for the health and wellbeing of workers and host communities. Significantly, Langan explores the UK’s pursuit of security interests and human rights criticisms and concludes by highlighting African agency to resist the Global Britain project amid the fragility of the British state itself. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • King's College London, London, UK

    Mark Langan

About the author

Mark Langan is Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy at King's College London, UK. He is also the author of Neo-Colonialism and the Poverty of 'Development' in Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). 

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