Eric Burton
Author
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
In den 1960er Jahren wurde "Entwicklung" zu einem universalen Ziel und umkämpften Politikfeld im Spannungsverhältnis von Kaltem Krieg, Dekolonisierung und konkurrierenden Sozialismen. Die Regierung Tansanias setzte beim Aufbau eines eigenständigen Afrikanischen Sozialismus auch auf Expertise, Kredite und Stipendien aus Ost und West. Diese Unterstützung galt als Notwendigkeit, aber auch als Bedrohung, konnte es sich beim Entwicklungspersonal aus...
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
In the global context of the Cold War, the relationship between liberation movements and Eastern European states obviously changed and transformed. Similarly, forms of (material) aid and (ideological) encouragement underwent changes over time. The articles assembled in this volume argue that the traditional Cold War geography of bi-polar competition with the United States is not sufficient to fully grasp these transformations. The question of which...
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
During the Cold War, alternative globalization projects were underway: socialist Eastern Europe and left-leaning countries in the Third World maintained close economic relations. The two worlds traded and exchanged know-how and technology. This book examines the specific spaces of interaction of these exchanges and discusses the consequences for those projects of globalization undertaken in both world regions.
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
This edited volume examines entanglements and disentanglements between Africa and East Germany during and after the Cold War from a global history perspective. Extending the view beyond political elites, it asks for the negotiated and plural character of socialism in these encounters and sheds light on migration, media, development, and solidarity through personal and institutional agency. With its distinctive focus on moorings and unmoorings, the...