Diamonds, Dispossession and Democracy in Botswana

by Kenneth Good

Book Overview

Analyses the limits to democracy in Botswana.

Is Botswana still 'an African miracle'? Thanks to diamonds the country's growth rate was the highest in the world into the 1990s, and regular parliamentary elections judged free on polling day have been held since 1965. However aduopoly of presidentialism and ruling party preponderance has stimulated arrogance, complacency and corruption among the country's rulers.
What is 'perpetual democracy'?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847013120
• ISBN13: 9781847013125
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: James Currey
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.4"