The Corporate Alibi: Capitalism and the Cultural Politics of Us Investments in Africa
Amy Elizabeth Stambach
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In her pathbreaking book, Amy Elizabeth Stambach investigates American investors' incursions into Africa, as seen by affected people on the ground. Stambach synthesizes a cluster of US-assisted industries across the continent, focusing on water resource management, real estate procurement, agricultural businesses, health care, and private education. Drawing on more than thirty years of research conducted in southern and eastern Africa, The Corporate Alibi offers a thought-provoking theorization of corporate globalization built from legal yet environmentally and socially devastating practices that divert scrutiny from the harm investors cause to the environment, democracy, and people. More than just a critique of corporate globalization, this book serves as a beacon of hope, illuminating how people can and do work around, against, and sometimes with investors to advance their own interests and ideals. Stambach suggests ways to operate within national and global governance structures to bring about a more politically and economically equitable future.
Book Details
Publisher: University of California Press
Publish Date: Jun 10th, 2025
Pages: 297
Language: English
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Dimensions: 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00lb
EAN: 9780520394414
Categories: • Anthropology - Cultural & Social• Cultural & Ethnic Studies - African Studies• Africa - General
About the Author
Amy Elizabeth Stambach is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Faith in Schools and Lessons from Mount Kilimanjaro.