Chiefs, Power, and Social Change : Chiefship and Modern Politics in Botswana, 1880s-1990s,9781592210947

Chiefs, Power, and Social Change : Chiefship and Modern Politics in Botswana, 1880s-1990s

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ISBN13: 9781592210947
ISBN10: 1592210945
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-04-01
Publisher(s): Africa World Pr
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Summary

Identifying the institution of chiefship as the,focal point of critical discourse on continuity,and social change in colonial and postcolonial,Botswana, this book offers extensive analysis of,the values and aspirations of a rapidly changingtwentieth-century country. Underscoring the,central role of chiefship structures in Botswana's,historical state formation, the book also analyses,the transformation of the institution in three,major areas of Botswana's history, including,imperialism, decolonisation and the nation state,project of the postcolonial period.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
I. Introduction 1(24)
II. Chiefship and Colonial Rule 25(34)
III. Decolonization: Chiefship and Local Government Reform 59(38)
IV. Postcolonial Politics: Opposition in the House of Chiefs 97(34)
V. Reforming the Postcolonial State: Chiefs, Land, and Development 131(36)
VI. Conclusion 167(10)
Maps 177(8)
Bibliography 185(14)
Index 199

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