Co-Opted? Exploratory Research on Canadian Resource 'Imperialism' in Postcolonial Tanzania
| dc.contributor.advisor | Zalik, Anna | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rubara, Evans | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-15T18:58:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-09-15T18:58:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Since the mid-1980s and the emergence of the structural adjustment policies (SAPs) and the Washington Consensus3 (WC) in Tanzania, there have been changes in the scope of State sovereignty in Tanzania as elsewhere in the Global South. The limitations of State sovereignty have been particularly apparent vis-à-vis the mining sector. The Tanzanian government has shown visible trends that suggest 'it is operating under considerable pressure' from external forces as it responds more to the Canadian corporate interests. Employing Marxist theoretical framework, and theoretically relying on the earlier works of Marx & Engels (1848/1968), Miliband (1969), Fanon (1963/2004), Rodney (1972/1981), Harvey (2005) and Poulantzas (1980) etc., this Major Paper presents empirical exploratory research on the 'imperialistic' elements of mineral-based trade relations between Tanzania, Canada and Canadian ultinational mining corporations (MMCs) operating in Tanzania.It explores the historical colonial as well as cultural/ethnic leadership and governance structures which could factor in the contemporary – neoliberal trade 'collaboration' between the Tanzanian government, the Canadian government and the Canadian multinational mining companies (MMCs) operating in Tanzania. This research looks at the mineral-based trade relations between Tanzania, Canada and Canadian MMCs operating in Tanzania and highlights the impacts of the Canadian MMCs operations in Tanzania. The research concludes that even though clothed in the language of neoliberal 'sustainable' development discourse, the mineral- based relations between Tanzania, Canada and Canadian MMCs embodies the tenets of European-dominated imperialist practices, and is fundamentally imperialistic. | en_US |
| dc.identifier | MESMP00051 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Major Paper, Master of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/30201 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests. | |
| dc.title | Co-Opted? Exploratory Research on Canadian Resource 'Imperialism' in Postcolonial Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Major Paper |