Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana [[electronic resource] ] : The Public Anthropology of Kalanga Elites

• Autore: Werbner Richard
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.96883; 968.83/004963975
• Soggetto topico: Kalanga (African people) - Botswana - Politics and government; Kalanga (African people) - Politics and government - Botswana; Elite (Social sciences) - Botswana; Regions & Countries - Africa; History & Archaeology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 and government since independence. Kalanga elites have expanded
• Titolo autorizzato: Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana
• ISBN: 1-282-07223-4; 0-253-11024-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783409003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II