Interdisciplinary perspectives on Africa
Specialized knowledge in understandable language and didactically prepared with numerous current examples
Unique format

Interdisciplinary perspectives on Africa Specialized knowledge in understandable language and didactically prepared with numerous current examples Unique format

Autorentext

Prof. Dr. Rainer Tetzlaff und Prof. Dr. Cord Jakobeit lehren am Institut für Politische Wirtschaft der Universität Hamburg.

Inhalt

The legacy of slave trade and colonialism.- The phase of formal colonization (1880-1960).- Germany as a colonial power in Africa.- Decolonization as liberation.- African socialism.- State formation and state collapse.- Democratization.- Population growth, poverty, hunger..- Abundance of raw materials.- War and peace.- Corruption and bad governance.- International development cooperation in Africa.- Development policy perspectives.