03415nam 22006733u 450 991045104740332120210111123346.01-282-77899-497866127789951-135-58004-90-203-90682-9(CKB)1000000000250412(EBL)170558(OCoLC)71348536(SSID)ssj0000280008(PQKBManifestationID)11206062(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280008(PQKBWorkID)10268611(PQKB)10243869(MiAaPQ)EBC170558(PPN)198451237(EXLCZ)99100000000025041220130418d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrGovernment Confronts Culture[electronic resource] The Struggle for Local Democracy in Southern AfricaHoboken Taylor and Francis20121 online resource (391 p.)States and SocietiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-97539-7 0-8153-3080-4 Cover; GOVERNMENT CONFRONTS CULTURE: THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA; Copyright; CONTENTS; MAP; PREFACE; PART I WHEN POLICY HITS CULTURAL BORDERS; 1 CAN THE MODERN STATE WORK IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES?; 2 BEYOND CULTURELESS CONCEPTIONS OF POLICY MAKING; PART II NAMIBIA: THE FIRST POST-APARTHEID EXPERIMENT; 3 POST-APARTHEID NATION BUILDING: WHOSE CULTURE SHAPES EDUCATIONAL POLICY?; 4 ETHNIC ARCHIPELAGOS: THE CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF EARLY LITERACY; PART III SOUTH AFRICA: A FRAGILE STATE BALANCED ON CONFLICTING CULTURES5 A PROMISING MYSTERY: WHEN LOCAL STATES ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY6 DEMOCRACY DOWN UNDER?: THE POLITICS AND CULTURE OF SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS; PART IV BOTSWANA: A STABLE STATE, BUT A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY?; 7 CAN THE STATE DEMOCRATIZE GENDER ROLES?: RAISING GIRLS' ATTAINMENT; 8 AFTER THE MODERN STATE: CRAFTING EFFECTIVE POLICIES FOR MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES; REFERENCES; INDEXTransitional societies-struggling to build democratic institutions and new political traditions-are faced with a painful dilemma. How can Government become strong and effective, building a common good that unites disparate ethnic and class groups, while simultaneously nurturing democratic social rules at the grassroots? Professor Fuller brings this issue to light in the contentious, multicultural setting of Southern Africa. Post-apartheid states, like South Africa and Namibia, are pushing hard to raise school quality, reduce family poverty, and equalize gender relations inside villages and States and SocietiesDemocracyGovernment - AsiaHILCCGovernment - Non-U.SHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCElectronic books.Democracy.Government - AsiaGovernment - Non-U.S.Law, Politics & Government320.6320.6096809049320/.6/096809049Fuller Bruce890843AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910451047403321Government Confronts Culture2075671UNINA