Government confronts culture : the struggle for democracy in Southern Africa / Bruce Fuller [and others].

New York : Garland Pub., 1999.

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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 a.

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Print version: Fuller, Bruce. Government confronts culture. New York : Garland Pub., 1999

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September 26, 2024

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-357) and index.

Book Cover; Title; Contents; MAP; PREFACE; CAN THE MODERN STATE WORK IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES?; BEYOND CULTURELESS CONCEPTIONS OF POLICY MAKING; NAMIBIA: THE FIRST POST-APARTHEID EXPERIMENT; POST-APARTHEID NATION BUILDING: WHOSE CULTURE SHAPES EDUCATIONAL POLICY? with; ETHNIC ARCHIPELAGOS: THE CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF EARLY LITERACY; SOUTH AFRICA: A FRAGILE STATE BALANCED ON CONFLICTING CULTURES; A PROMISING MYSTERY: WHEN LOCAL STATES ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY; DEMOCRACY DOWN UNDER? THE POLITICS AND CULTURE OF SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS with.