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dc.contributor.advisorClayton, Daniel Wright
dc.contributor.advisorKesby, Mike
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Liam M
dc.coverage.spatial[14], 236 p.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-10T10:54:41Z
dc.date.available2019-06-10T10:54:41Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-26
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/17854
dc.description.abstractChinese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in South Africa is indicative of a two-fold transformation in the contemporary development landscape: the rise of South-South Cooperation (SSC) and a re-centering of economic growth as a driver of development. However, to attract investment, and accrue developmental opportunities, hosts must first offer an enabling environment. Where an enabling environment does not presently exist, it must be actively produced. This is undertaken by a range of actors and against multiple and contested priorities. FDI, therefore, cannot be understood without an appreciation of the intimate, yet understudied, negotiations over space and place. Through the use of semi-structured interviews, field observations, and documentary analysis at the location of three differing Chinese investments in South Africa – including a Chinese SOE within an economic zone, a mining partnership with a traditional rural community, and a ‘new city’ development led by a private Chinese investor – the thesis asks how space and place is produced to support investment, the location of agency, and the limits realities place upon the role of FDI in SSC. Findings show that, whilst space and place were often co-produced and actively negotiated between host and investors, motivations and priorities were aligned to a need to provide spaces of comparative and competitive difference within wider international political economy. The structural production of space and place in this way created new dependencies and further uneven development. This had implications for a host ability to develop in accordance with their own values and objectives. Conclusions suggest FDI in the development landscape limits the radical potential of SSC. The thesis applies geographic theory in a context not yet seen and, through bringing together Chinese and South African voices in a single study, contributes original empirical data from underrepresented voices in scholarship on China-Africa relations.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrewsen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectChina-Africa relationsen_US
dc.subjectInternational developmenten_US
dc.subjectSouth-South cooperationen_US
dc.subjectForeign direct investmenten_US
dc.subjectPostcolonialismen_US
dc.subjectSpace and placeen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectChinaen_US
dc.subjectCapitalismen_US
dc.subjectPoweren_US
dc.subjectAiden_US
dc.subject.lccHG5851.A3O3
dc.subject.lcshInvestments, Foreign--South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshEconomic development--South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshChina--Foreign economic relations--South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshSouth Africa--Foreign economic relations--Chinaen
dc.subject.lcshEconomic development--South Africaen
dc.titleForeign direct investment and South-South cooperation : negotiating space, place and power within Chinese FDI in South Africaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorUniversity of St Andrews. 600th Anniversary Scholarshipen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17630/10023-17854


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