LEADER 03240nam 22006133u 450 001 9910449851303321 005 20210111220320.0 010 $a1-282-07223-4 010 $a0-253-11024-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000243835 035 $a(EBL)257248 035 $a(OCoLC)475973046 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000233569 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202639 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233569 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10220648 035 $a(PQKB)10308177 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC257248 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000243835 100 $a20130418d2004|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana$b[electronic resource] $eThe Public Anthropology of Kalanga Elites 210 $aBloomington, IN $cIndiana University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 225 0 $aAfrican systems of thought Reasonable radicals and citizenship in Botswana 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-34402-6 327 $acover; 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 330 $aAre 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 606 $aKalanga (African people) - Botswana - Politics and government 606 $aKalanga (African people)$xPolitics and government$zBotswana 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zBotswana 606 $aRegions & Countries - Africa$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aKalanga (African people) - Botswana - Politics and government. 615 0$aKalanga (African people)$xPolitics and government 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Africa 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 676 $a320.96883 676 $a968.83/004963975 700 $aWerbner$b Richard$0658354 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449851303321 996 $aReasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana$91963709 997 $aUNINA