02964nam 2200553 a 450 991081470130332120200520144314.01-282-07223-40-253-11024-6(CKB)1000000000243835(EBL)257248(OCoLC)475973046(SSID)ssj0000233569(PQKBManifestationID)11202639(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233569(PQKBWorkID)10220648(PQKB)10308177(MiAaPQ)EBC257248(EXLCZ)99100000000024383520031031d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReasonable radicals and citizenship in Botswana the public anthropology of Kalanga elites /Richard WerbnerBloomington Indiana University Pressc20041 online resource (268 p.)African systems of thoughtDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-34402-6 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 IndexAre 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 African systems of thought.Kalanga (African people)BotswanaPolitics and governmentElite (Social sciences)BotswanaBotswanaPolitics and government1966-Kalanga (African people)Politics and government.Elite (Social sciences)968.83/004963975Werbner Richard P658354MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814701303321Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana3936911UNINA