@article{1444815,
      author = {Tetzlaff, Rainer,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1444815},
      title = {Africa : an introduction to history, politics and society  /},
      abstract = {The textbook provides an in-depth overview of African  history and politics from the Atlantic slave trade, through  the phases of colonialism and decolonization, to the  development problems of the present. Various development  theories are used to explain successful and failed  development paths of individual countries after 1960.  Thematic foci include Europe's colonial legacy, state  formation and state failure, democratization, the curse of  raw materials, population growth, hunger and poverty,  ethnic conflicts, and the roles of the World Bank, EU, and  China as external actors in Africa. This book is a  translation of the original German 1st edition Afrika by  Rainer Tetzlaff,published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden  GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2018.The translation was  done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine  translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human  revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that  the book will read stylistically differently from a  conventional translation. Springer Nature works  continuously to further the development of tools for the  production of books and on the related technologies to  support the authors. The content 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.- Resource wealth.- War and peace.-  Corruption and bad governance.- International development  cooperation in Africa.- Development policy perspectives.  The target groups: Students and lecturers of social science  subjects.- Teachers of history and social studies at upper  secondary level.- Professionals in NGOs.- Scholars,  journalists and cultural workers with a focus on  international relations and development policy. The author  Prof. Dr. em. Rainer Tetzlaff is a lecturer at the  Europa-Kolleg of the University of Hamburg, Chairman of the  Afrika-Kollegium Hamburg and Senior Research Fellow of the  Academy of World Regions Hamburg.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34982-0},
      recid = {1444815},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) :},
}