Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scrambling for Africa? Continuities and discontinuities with formal imperialism / Roger Southall -- Global capitalism and the neo-liberalisation of Africa / Vishwas Satgar -- Global trade regimes and multi-polarity : the US and Chinese scramble for African resources and markets / Henning Melber -- Trade relations between the European Union and sub-Saharan Africa under the Cotonou agreement : repartitioning and economically recolonising the continent? / Margaret C. Lee -- India's engagements in Africa : self-interest or mutual partnership? / Sanusha Naidu -- South Africa in Africa : still a formidable player / John Daniel and Nompumelelo Bhengu -- The militarisation of the new scramble in Africa / Martin Rupiya and Roger Southall -- Scrambling for oil in West Africa? / Cyril I. Obi -- Oil and war in Chad / Simon Massey and Roy May -- The mining boom in sub-Saharan Africa : continuity, change and policy implications / Wilson Prichard -- Extractive orders : transnational mining companies in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries in the Central African Copperbelt / Jana Hönke -- The scramble for genetic resources / Carol Thompson -- The European Union and the international scramble for African fish / André Standing -- The scramble for Africa and the marginalisation of African capitalism / Roger Southall and Alex Comninos -- International competition, public contracts and foreign business bribery in Africa : the case of Uganda / Roger Tangri -- Conclusion : towards a response / Roger Southall and Henning Melber.