India's Development Diplomacy & Soft Power in Africa

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Unpacks the histories, actors and geopolitics of India's soft power and evolving engagements with Africa.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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Utgivningsdatum2021-11-19
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt368 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor242
FörlagJames Currey
ISBN9781847012746

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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).

Introduction: India-Africa Now: Changing Imaginaries and Knowledge ParadigmsMeera Venkatachalam and Kenneth King PART 1: The Geopolitical Imaginary and Soft Power1. India's Soft Power in East Africa: Opportunities and Challenges Muhidin J. Shangwe 2. Between Business and Balance: India-Japan in Africa vis-à-vis ChinaMrittika Guha Sarkar and Jagannath Panda PART 2: The Indian Political Right and the Reconfiguration of Soft Power in Africa3. The Indian Political Right, Soft Power, and the Reimagination of AfricaMeera Venkatachalam 4. Modi and the Mahatma - The Politics of Statues and the Saffronisation of India-Africa relationsSimona Vittorini PART 3: Capacity building: Shifting Modalities and New Knowledgescapes5. India's Changing Human Resource Diplomacy with Africa, and Africa's ResponsesKenneth King 6. A Shining Example: Modelling Growth in India's Pan-African e-NetworkVincent Duclos 7. Partnership in Times of Pandemic: India's Covid Diplomacy with a Lens on AfricaSupriya Roychoudhury and Emma Mawdsley PART 4: Skilling, Knowledge Transfer, and Indo-African Interactions8. Precarious Partnerships: Tanzanian Entrepreneurs of Asian and African DescentJacqueline Halima Mgumia and Chambi Chachage 9. The Trumpets and Travails of South-South Cooperation: African Students in India since the 1940sGerard McCann Conclusion: Reflections on India-Africa Studies, Development Cooperation, and Soft PowerKenneth King and Meera Venkatachalam