Reasonable radicals and citizenship in Botswana: the public anthropology of Kalanga elites
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1. Verfasser: Werbner, Richard P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington Indiana University Press c2004
Schriftenreihe:African systems of thought
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Introduction: reflections and frontiers -- Postcolonial wisdom: the post-civil service and the public good -- The minorities debate -- The politics of recognition and "pressure groups" -- Cosmopolitan ethnicity, entrepreneurship, and the nation -- Official blundering and the discredited commission -- Land, clients, and tribal bureaucrats -- Bringing back the dead -- Public Officer, Public Officer Emeritus -- The making of a reasonable radical -- Epilogue: postcolonial wisdom, beyond Afro-pessimism
Richard Werbner assesses the role of the Kalanga minority in Botswana. Since independence the Kalanga have dominated government and business, yet their strong values and stable social order has allowed them to forge effective alliances with other ethnic groups and to contribute to significant social improvements
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ISBN:0253110246
025321677X
0253344026
9780253110244
9780253216779
9780253344021

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