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France à fric : the CFA Zone in Africa and neocolonialism
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dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Ian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-01T23:34:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-01T23:34:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-04-02 | |
dc.identifier | 258446752 | |
dc.identifier | 01cc3e90-afca-449c-9cdf-2be43df5f6e9 | |
dc.identifier | 85063743136 | |
dc.identifier | 000464594700001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Taylor , I 2019 , ' France à fric : the CFA Zone in Africa and neocolonialism ' , Third World Quarterly , vol. Latest Articles . https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2019.1585183 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0143-6597 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/20714 | |
dc.description.abstract | Over 50 years after 1960’s ‘Year of Africa’, most of Francophone Africa continues to be embedded in a set of associations that fit very well with Kwame Nkrumah’s description of neocolonialism, where postcolonial states are de jure independent but in reality constrained through their economic systems so that policy is directed from outside. This article scrutinises the functioning of the Communauté Financière Africaine (CFA), considering the role the currency has in persistent underdevelopment in most of Francophone Africa. In doing so, the article identifies the CFA as the most blatant example of functioning neocolonialism in Africa today and a critical device that promotes dependency in large parts of the continent. Mainstream analyses of the technical aspects of the CFA have generally focused on the exchange rate and other related matters. However, while important, the real importance of the CFA franc should not be seen as purely economic, but also political. | |
dc.format.extent | 25 | |
dc.format.extent | 994645 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Third World Quarterly | en |
dc.subject | France | en |
dc.subject | Africa | en |
dc.subject | Neocolonialism | en |
dc.subject | CFA | en |
dc.subject | Franc | en |
dc.subject | Dependency and anti-imperialism | en |
dc.subject | DC France | en |
dc.subject | DT Africa | en |
dc.subject | JZ International relations | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | DC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | DT | en |
dc.subject.lcc | JZ | en |
dc.title | France à fric : the CFA Zone in Africa and neocolonialism | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of International Relations | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/01436597.2019.1585183 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2020-10-02 |
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