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In the Shadow of the States: the Informalities of Chinese Petty Entrepreneurship in Nigeria
Im Schatten der Staaten: die Informalitäten chinesischen Kleinunternehmertums in Nigeria
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Abstract
"The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. Small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs in Nigeria are faced with everyday corruption practised by both Nigerian authorities and ordinary Nigerian peopl... view more
"The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. Small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs in Nigeria are faced with everyday corruption practised by both Nigerian authorities and ordinary Nigerian people, the dominance of self-interest over cohesion and mutual support among the Chinese compatriots, and variations in state policies due to dynamic and changing interstate relations. To overcome their position of weakness, small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs strategize their interactions with both Nigerian and Chinese nationals. Informality is a characteristic of such interactions. Economic informality is primarily embodied in the documentation service businesses that are indebted to those popular corrupt practices in Nigeria; while social informality takes place in cyberspace. Interaction via the Internet among Chinese involved in Chinese-Nigerian businesses helps small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs to cope with fluctuations in interstate links at the macro-level and to develop a sense of community." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
small business; Chinese; Nigeria; vulnerability; corruption; informal structure; China; West Africa; developing country; Far East
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Sociology of Economics
Document language
German
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 75-105
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 44 (2015) 1
Issue topic
The Chinese presence in Africa: a learning process
ISSN
1868-1026
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed