The State and the Social : : State Formation in Botswana and its Precolonial and Colonial Genealogies /

The State and the Social : : State Formation in Botswana and its Precolonial and Colonial Genealogies / / Ørnulf Gulbrandsen.

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 indige...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Gulbrandsen, Ørnulf,
MitwirkendeR:
Kapferer, Bruce,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (364 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • MAPS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSWANA MERAFE AND THE ARRIVAL OF CHRISTIANITY AND COLONIALISM
  • Chapter 2 TSWANA CONSOLIDATION WITHIN THE COLONIAL STATE Development of a Postcolonial State Embryo
  • Chapter 3 CATTLE, DIAMONDS AND THE ‘GRAND COALITION’
  • Chapter 4 THE STATE AND INDIGENOUS AUTHORITY STRUCTURES Ambiguities of Co-optation and Confrontation
  • Chapter 5 TSWANA DOMINATION, MINORITY PROTESTS AND THE DISCOURSE OF DEVELOPMENT
  • Chapter 6 ANTIPOLITICS AND QUESTIONS OF DEMOCRACY AND DOMINATION
  • Chapter 7 GOVERNMENTALIZATION OF THE STATE On State Interventions in the Population
  • Chapter 8 ESCALATING INEQUALITY Popular Reactions to Political Leaders
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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