Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 254 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
025321677X
,
0253344026
Series Statement:
African systems of thought
Content:
Are self-interested elites the curse of liberal democracy in Africa? Is there hope against the politics of the belly, kleptocracies, vampire states, failed states, and Afro-pessimism? In Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana, Richard Werbner examines a rare breed of powerful political elites who are not tyrants, torturers, or thieves. Werbner's focus is on the Kalanga, a minority ethnic group that has served Botswana in business and government since independence. Kalanga elites have expanded pub
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234) and indexes
,
cover; TOC; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Reflections and Frontiers; 1. Postcolonial Wisdom: The Post-Civil Service and the Public Good; 2. The Minorities Debate; 3. The Politics of Recognition and "Pressure Groups"; 4. Cosmopolitan Ethnicity, Entrepreneurship, and the Nation; 5. Official Blundering and the Discredited Commission; 6. Land, Clients, and Tribal Bureaucrats; 7. Bringing Back the Dead; 8. Public Officer, Public Officer Emeritus; 9. The Making of a Reasonable Radical; Epilogue: Postcolonial Wisdom, Beyond Afro-pessimism; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253344021
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana : The Public Anthropology of Kalanga Elites
Language:
English
