Botswana : : The Political Economy of Democratic Development / / ed. by Stephen John Stedman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Claus, Olaf,; Dale, Richard,; Holm, John D.,; Lewis, Stephen R.,; Molutsi, Patrick P.,; Morrison, ]. Stephen,; Parson, Jack,; Somolekae, Gloria,; Stedman, Stephen John,; Weimer, Bernard,; Yeager, Rodger,; Zaffiro, James J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Stedman, Stephen John,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (214 p.)

The authors investigate the factors that account for Botswana's exceptional economic and political development, the problem areas that might endanger its achievements, and its prospects within a changing Southern Africa.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART 1 BOTSWANA'S PATH TO DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT -- 2 Policymaking and Economic Performance: Botswana in Comparative Perspective -- 3 Botswana's Formative Late Colonial Experiences -- 4 International Influences on Botswana's Democracy -- PART 2 CURRENT PROBLEMS AND PREDICAMENTS -- 5 Liberal Democracy, the Liberal State, and the 1989 General Elections in Botswana -- 6 Political Culture and Democracy: A Study of Mass Participation in Botswana -- 7 Bureaucracy and Democracy in Botswana: What Type of a Relationship? -- 8 Governance and Environment in Botswana: The Ecological Price of Stability -- 9 Foreign Policy Decisionmaking in an African Democracy: Evolution of Structures and Processes -- PART 3 BOTSWANA IN A CHANGING SOUTHERN AFRICA -- 10 Botswana as a Hostage to High Politics? Twentieth Century Conflict with South Africa and Zimbabwe -- 11 A Changing Southern Africa: What Role for Botswana? -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index -- About the Book