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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The development of Tswana merafe and the arrival of colonialism
  • Tswana consolidation within the colonial state: development of a postcolonial state embryo
  • Cattle, diamonds and the 'grand coalition'
  • Keeping the population in the societal fold: the state's capture of Indigenous authority structures
  • Tswana domination, minority protests and the discourse of development
  • Anti-politics and issues of democracy and domination
  • The governmentalization of the state: state interventions in the population
  • Escalating social inequality: popular reactions to political leaders.

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