| ID | 162418 |
| Title Proper | Challenge to Conventional Wisdom |
| Other Title Information | Locating Agency in Angola’s and Ghana’s Economic Engagements with China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chipaike, Ronald |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article makes the point that African states with significant strategic resources and democratic governance systems bargain better in economic and development assistance engagements with China and other partners. In democratic African states, non-state actors play critical complementary roles to the state, leading to multi-faceted forms of African agency. For non-democratic states, a significant limiting factor in their agency is the lack of working relationships between the state and non-state actors. Concomitantly, such states find themselves with weak bargaining and negotiating capacities. If African agency is to be assertive, then state and non-state actors should work together when engaging external partners. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 53, No.7; Nov 2018: p.1002-1017 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Asian and African Studies 2018-11 53, 7 |
| Key Words | Africa ; Angola ; China ; Ghana ; Agency |