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Overseas development aid as spatial fix?: Examining South Korea's Africa policy
This paper examines the extent to which South Korea's developmental aid programme to Africa can be understood as a form of 'aid as imperialism.' We argue against the depiction of a crude determinism between the 'interests of capital' and the international activism of the South Korea state through aid provision. Drawing on Harvey's theory of the new imperialism, we argue that whilst the structural transformations in the South Korean political economy explain Seoul's ODA programme at a general level, it is strongly influenced by geopolitical objectives which often undermine the ability of South Korea to pursue distinctly mercantile aims.
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Third World QuarterlyISSN
0143-6597Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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4Volume
37Page range
649-664Department affiliated with
- International Relations Publications
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2016-03-30Usage metrics
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