India's Development Diplomacy & Soft Power in Africa - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847012744 ISBN 13 : 9781847012746

Editeur : James Currey, 2021

Synopsis

Since independence India has deployed its soft power in Africa, with educational aid and capacity-building at the heart of its Africa policy. However, following economic liberalisation and in a quest for greater global influence, India's geopolitics have changed. The country's discourse on Africa has shifted from the mantras of post-colonial solidarity and South-South Cooperation, and there is now a growing sense of Indian exceptionalism, as the country reimagines its past and future against the growing influence of the political right. In this book scholars from India, Africa, Europe and North America show how India's soft power has been implemented by the diaspora, government and private sector. Research documents how India's 'aid' has been re-thought in major schemes such as e-global education and health, Gandhi statuary and Covid-19 diplomacy in Africa.

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À propos des auteurs

KENNETH KING is Professor Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh, and former Director of its Centre of African Studies, and author of China's Aid and Soft Power in Africa (2013).

MEERA VENKATACHALAM is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Mumbai, and co-editor of India-Africa Partnerships for Food Security and Capacity Building: South-South Cooperation (2021).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: James Currey
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847012744
• ISBN 13: 9781847012746
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Éditeur: King Kenneth, Venkatachalam Meera
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible