The state and the social
Subtitle: state formation in Botswana and its pre-colonial and colonial genealogies
By: Ørnulf Gulbrandsen
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780857452979; 9780857452986
Subjects: Politics and government; Chiefdoms; History; Power (Social sciences)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The development of Tswana merafe and the arrival of colonialism; title: Tswana consolidation within the colonial state: development of a postcolonial state embryo; title: Cattle, diamonds and the 'grand coalition'; title: Keeping the population in the societal fold: the state's capture of indigenous authority structures; title: Tswana domination, minority protests and the discourse of development; title: Anti-politics and issues of democracy and domination; title: The governmentalization of the state: state interventions in the population; title: Escalating social inequality: popular reactions to political leaders.