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Colonial Legacy of Gender Inequality: Christian Missionaries in German East Africa
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Abstract Why does sub-Saharan Africa exhibit the highest rates of gender inequality in the world? This article evaluates the contributions of Christian missionary societies in German East Africa to current socioeconomic gender inequalities in Tanzania. Previous studies ascribe a comparatively benign long-ter... mehr
Why does sub-Saharan Africa exhibit the highest rates of gender inequality in the world? This article evaluates the contributions of Christian missionary societies in German East Africa to current socioeconomic gender inequalities in Tanzania. Previous studies ascribe a comparatively benign long-term effect of missionary societies, in particular of the Protestant denomination, on economic, developmental, and political outcomes. This article contrasts that perception by focusing on the wider cultural impact of the civilizing mission in colonial Africa. The analysis rests on a novel georeferenced dataset on German East Africa - based on digitized colonial maps and extensive historical records available in the German colonial archives - and the most recently available DHS-surveys. The results highlight the formative role of Catholic missionary societies in German East Africa in shaping gender inequalities currently witnessed in Tanzania.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Afrika südlich der Sahara; Tansania; Kolonialismus; Geschlechterpolitik; Geschlechtsrolle; Christentum; Missionar; Auswirkung; Religionsgeschichte; Geschlechterverhältnis; postkoloniale Gesellschaft
Klassifikation
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Christliche Missionare; Koloniale Folgeprobleme; Kolonialgeschichte
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 225-268
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics & Society, 45 (2017) 2
Heftthema
The Comparative Politics of Colonialism and Its Legacies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0032329217704432
ISSN
1552-7514
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung
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