A democracy of chameleons
Subtitle: politics and culture in the New Malawi
By: edited by Harri Englund ; afterword by Jack Mapanje.
Contributors: Englund, Harri.
Series: Kachere book ;; no. 14; Kachere books ;; no. 14.
Publisher: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Distributor in North America, Transaction Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Uppsala, Sweden; Somerset, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Malawi -- Politics and government -- 1964-; Malawi -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-203) and index.
Table of contents: title: Culture of chameleon politics -- Harri Englund; title: Politics of poverty alleviation in Malawi : a critical review -- Blessings Chinsinga; title: Freedom and insecurity : civil servants between support networks, the free market and the civil service reform -- Gerhard Anders; title: Judicial mediation in electoral politics in Malawi -- Clement Ng'ong'ola; title: Hate speech in the new Malawi -- Edrinnie Kayambazinthu and Fulata Moyo; title: "Mzimu wa soldier" : contemporary popular music and politics in Malawi -- Reuben Makayiko Chirambo; title: Are Malawi's local clergy civil society activists? : The limiting impact of creed, context and class -- Peter VonDoepp; title: Ethnic revival and language associations in the new Malawi : the case of Chitumbuka -- Gregory H. Kamwendo; title: Tikutha : the political culture of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Malawi -- John Lwanda; title: "Human rights and the multiparty system have swallowed our traditions" : conceiving women and culture in the new Malawi -- Ulrika Ribohn; title: Orality of dictatorship : in defence of my country -- Jack Mapanje.