LEADER 03457nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910821745303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-77899-4 010 $a9786612778995 010 $a1-135-58004-9 010 $a0-203-90682-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000250412 035 $a(EBL)170558 035 $a(OCoLC)71348536 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000280008 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206062 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280008 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10268611 035 $a(PQKB)10243869 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC170558 035 $a(PPN)198451237 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000250412 100 $a19990624d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGovernment confronts culture $ethe struggle for democracy in Southern Africa /$fBruce Fuller ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cGarland Pub.$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (391 p.) 225 1 $aStates and societies ;$vv. 2 225 1 $aGarland reference library of social science ;$vv. 1185 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-97539-7 311 $a0-8153-3080-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-357) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 CULTURES 327 $a5 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; INDEX 330 $aTransitional societies-struggling to build democratic institutions and new political traditions-are faced with a painful dilemma. How can Government become strong and effective, building a common good that unites disparate ethnic and class groups, while simultaneously nurturing democratic social rules at the grassroots? Professor Fuller brings this issue to light in the contentious, multicultural setting of Southern Africa. Post-apartheid states, like South Africa and Namibia, are pushing hard to raise school quality, reduce family poverty, and equalize gender relations inside villages and 410 0$aStates and societies ;$vv. 2. 410 0$aGarland reference library of social science ;$vv. 1185. 606 $aDemocracy$zAfrica, Southern 607 $aAfrica, Southern$xPolitics and government$y1994- 607 $aAfrica, Southern$xSocial policy 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320/.6/096809049 700 $aFuller$b Bruce$01615146 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821745303321 996 $aGovernment Confronts Culture$94084335 997 $aUNINA