Dragon’s Abacus

Developmentalist Strategy and EconomicSocial Consequences of Chinese Companies in Africa

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ID21678331
AutoresJun Yan (0000-0003-4560-6623, Shanghai University), Chong Zhang (0000-0002-3558-2843), Tingting Li (0009-0002-0758-3109)
Ano2020
Volume40
Fascículo2
Data de publicação2020-12-31
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
Periódicoİstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi / İstanbul University Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1304-2998 • E-ISSN: 2667-6931
EditoraIstanbul University (PUBLISHER • TR)
DOI10.26650/sj.2020.40.2.0054
OpenAlexW3124079194
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas11

This study attempts to find out why Chinese companies boosted African economy through investment there while received negation evaluations generally. Different from the three existing views, “neocolonialism”, “state capitalism” and “continuation of inefficient aiding policies”, in this paper, a new explanation based on developmentalist strategy and group interaction was proposed: the developmentalist strategy formed domestically by Chinese companies effectively resolved the benefit disagreement in interaction with different social groups, however, it no longer applied in a cross-cultural context, and thus triggered complicated “economic-social” consequences and negative evaluations

Capitalism · Economic system · Economics · Expatriate · Negation · Neocolonialism · Political economy · Political science · History · International Development and Aid · Law