Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana The Public Anthropology of Kalanga Elites

Name: Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana The Public Anthropology of Kalanga Elites
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ISBN: 9780253216779

ISBN-10: 025321677X

ISBN-13: 9780253216779

Edition: 2004

Authors: Richard Werbner, Richard Werbner

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Richard Werbner assesses the role of the Kalanga minority in Botswana. Since independence the Kalanga have dominated government & business, yet their strong values & stable social order has allowed them to forge effective alliances with other ethnic groups & to contribute to significant social improvements.

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 7/16/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Richard Werbneris Professor Emeritus in African Anthropology at the University of Manchester. He is the author of many books, includingReasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana.



Introduction: Reflections and Frontiers



Citizens Negotiating Power: Elites, Minorities, and Tribal Bureaucrats



Postcolonial Wisdom: The Post-Civil Service and the Public Good



The Minorities Debate



The Politics of Recognition and "Pressure Groups"



Cosmopolitan Ethnicity, Entrepreneurship and the Nation



Official Blundering and the Discredited Commission



Land, Clients, and Tribal Bureaucrats



The Rise of Public Man: Elders



Bringing Back the Dead



Public Officer, Public Officer Emeritus



The Making of a Reasonable Radical


Epilogue: Postcolonial Wisdom, Beyond Afro-pessimism