Government Confronts Culture : The Struggle for Local Democracy in Southern Africa.

By: Fuller, BruceMaterial type: TextTextSeries: States and Societies SerPublisher: London : Routledge, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (391 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203906828Subject(s): Africa, Southern -- Politics and government -- 1994- | Africa, Southern -- Social policy | Democracy -- Africa, SouthernGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Government Confronts Culture : The Struggle for Local Democracy in Southern AfricaDDC classification: 320.60968090 LOC classification: JQ2720.A58 -- F85 1999ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Cover -- GOVERNMENT CONFRONTS CULTURE: THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- MAP -- PREFACE -- PART I WHEN POLICY HITS CULTURAL BORDERS -- 1 CAN THE MODERN STATE WORK IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES? -- 2 BEYOND CULTURELESS CONCEPTIONS OF POLICY MAKING -- PART II NAMIBIA: THE FIRST POST-APARTHEID EXPERIMENT -- 3 POST-APARTHEID NATION BUILDING: WHOSE CULTURE SHAPES EDUCATIONAL POLICY? -- 4 ETHNIC ARCHIPELAGOS: THE CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF EARLY LITERACY -- PART III SOUTH AFRICA: A FRAGILE STATE BALANCED ON CONFLICTING CULTURES -- 5 A PROMISING MYSTERY: WHEN LOCAL STATES ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY -- 6 DEMOCRACY DOWN UNDER?: THE POLITICS AND CULTURE OF SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS -- PART IV BOTSWANA: A STABLE STATE, BUT A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY? -- 7 CAN THE STATE DEMOCRATIZE GENDER ROLES?: RAISING GIRLS' ATTAINMENT -- 8 AFTER THE MODERN STATE: CRAFTING EFFECTIVE POLICIES FOR MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- GOVERNMENT CONFRONTS CULTURE: THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- MAP -- PREFACE -- PART I WHEN POLICY HITS CULTURAL BORDERS -- 1 CAN THE MODERN STATE WORK IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES? -- 2 BEYOND CULTURELESS CONCEPTIONS OF POLICY MAKING -- PART II NAMIBIA: THE FIRST POST-APARTHEID EXPERIMENT -- 3 POST-APARTHEID NATION BUILDING: WHOSE CULTURE SHAPES EDUCATIONAL POLICY? -- 4 ETHNIC ARCHIPELAGOS: THE CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF EARLY LITERACY -- PART III SOUTH AFRICA: A FRAGILE STATE BALANCED ON CONFLICTING CULTURES -- 5 A PROMISING MYSTERY: WHEN LOCAL STATES ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY -- 6 DEMOCRACY DOWN UNDER?: THE POLITICS AND CULTURE OF SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS -- PART IV BOTSWANA: A STABLE STATE, BUT A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY? -- 7 CAN THE STATE DEMOCRATIZE GENDER ROLES?: RAISING GIRLS' ATTAINMENT -- 8 AFTER THE MODERN STATE: CRAFTING EFFECTIVE POLICIES FOR MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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.

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