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Harvard international review, 2007-07, Vol.29 (2), p.46
Ort / Verlag
Cambridge: Harvard International Relations Council
Erscheinungsjahr
2007
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Beschreibungen/Notizen
Africa's first wave of democratization quickly morphed into a wave of autocracy as African militaries seized power in the mid-1960s, and multiparty systems gave way to authoritarian, one-party regimes. Economic stagnation had set in by the early 1980s, and African states became increasingly dependent on international development assistance, thereby incurring enormous debts. Even though the period of colonial rule was a relatively brief one in Africa, the European powers profoundly reordered African political space, modes of economic production, and social hierarchies and cleavages. At a very fundamental level, the primary challenge that African countries confront is to become effective players in the globalization game. In other words, they first must halt the potential drift toward further marginalization and begin to advance the cause of Africa relative to other regions of the world. There is no doubt that Africa and its peoples have already benefited from advances in communication, medicine, and transportation, but this has not been sufficient to eliminate the scourges of poverty, underdevelopment, and inequality.