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UNISA996386513703316 |
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Autore |
Fuller Thomas <1608-1661.> |
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Andronicus, or, The vnfortunate politician [[electronic resource] ] : shewing sin slowly punished, right surely rescued / / by Tho. Fuller . |
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London, : Printed by W.W. for John Williams ..., 1646 |
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[The second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Byzantine Empire History Andronicus I Comnenus, 1183-1185 |
Byzantine Empire History 1081-1453 Biography |
Byzantine Empire History Comneni dynasty, 1081-1185 Biography |
Byzantine Empire Kings and rulers Biography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes index. |
Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library. |
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UNINA9910783409003321 |
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Werbner Richard |
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Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana [[electronic resource] ] : The Public Anthropology of Kalanga Elites |
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Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2004 |
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1-282-07223-4 |
0-253-11024-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Collana |
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African systems of thought Reasonable radicals and citizenship in Botswana |
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Disciplina |
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320.96883 |
968.83/004963975 |
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Kalanga (African people) - Botswana - Politics and government |
Kalanga (African people) - Politics and government - Botswana |
Elite (Social sciences) - Botswana |
Regions & Countries - Africa |
History & Archaeology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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 |
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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 |
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and government since independence. Kalanga elites have expanded |
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