The state and the social : state formation in Botswana and Its Pre-Colonial and Colonial genealogies /

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Botswana has been portrayed as a major case of exception in Africa--as an oasis of peace and harmony with an enduring parliamentary democracy, blessed with remarkable diamond-driven economic growth. Whereas the "failure" of other states on the continent is often attributed to the prevalenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gulbrandsen, Ørnulf
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Temas:
Chiefdoms > Botswana > History.
Power (Social sciences) > Botswana > History.
Chefferie (Anthropologie) > Botswana > Histoire.
HISTORY > Africa > South > General.
HISTORY > Africa > South > Republic of South Africa.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Chiefdoms
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
Autorität
Staat
Kolonialismus
Nationenbildung
Politische Elite
Kolonialverwaltung
Ethnizität
Machtstruktur
Traditionale Kultur
Botswana > Politics and government.
Botswana
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Botswana has been portrayed as a major case of exception in Africa--as an oasis of peace and harmony with an enduring parliamentary democracy, blessed with remarkable diamond-driven economic growth. Whereas the "failure" of other states on the continent is often attributed to the prevalence of Indigenous political ideas and structures, the author argues that Botswana's apparent success is not the result of Western ideas and practices of government having replaced Indigenous ideas and structures. Rather, the postcolonial state of Botswana is best understood as a unique, complex formation, one th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 343 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780857452986
0857452983
1782383263
9781782383260
9786613592002
6613592005

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