The Specter of Global China
Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa
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List of Abbreviations
Preface
1 Unnatural Capital: Chinese State Investment and Its Travails in Africa
2 Varieties of Accumulation: Profit Maximization and Beyond
3 Labor Bargains: Regimes of Exploitation and Exclusion
4 Managerial Ethos: Collective Asceticism versus Individual Careerism
5 Contesting Capital: Aspiration and Capacity from Below
6 Eventful Global China
Appendix: An Ethnographer’s Odyssey: The Mundane and the Sublime of Researching China in Zambia
Notes
Index
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics: Alice Amsden Book Award
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Asia and Asian America section, American Sociological Association: Asia/Transnational Book Award
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ASA Global and Transnational Sociology Section: Best Scholarly Book Award
Honorable Mention
Labor and Labor Movements section, American Sociological Association: Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
Won
International Convention of Asia Scholars: ICAS Africa-Asia Book Prize
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Association for Asian Studies: Joseph Levenson Prize (Post-1900)
Won
ASA Political Economy of World Systems Section: PEWS Distinguished Book Award
Honorable Mention
Society for the Study of Social Problems: SSSP Global Division Book Award
Won
ASA Sociology of Development Section: Sociology of Development Book Award
Won
Asian Studies: General Asian Studies
Economics and Business: Economics--International and Comparative
Sociology: Formal and Complex Organizations | Social Change, Social Movements, Political Sociology
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