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Government Confronts Culture The Struggle for Local Democracy in Southern Africa 1st Edition

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Government Confronts Culture The Struggle for Local Democracy in Southern Africa 1st Edition

Author(s)

Bruce Fuller

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781135580032, 9780815330806, 9780203906828, 9781135580049, 9781135579999, 9781138975392, 9781282778993

Publisher

Routledge

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Transitional 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 townships. But will democratic participation blossom at the grassroots as long as strong central states—so necessary for defining the common good—push universal policies onto diverse local communities? This book builds from a decade of family surveys and qualitative village studies led by Professor Fuller at Harvard University and African colleagues inside Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.