| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 364 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
States and societies ; v. 2
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Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1185
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States and societies ; v. 2.
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Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1185.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-357) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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 a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Africa, Southern.
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Democracy. |
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Southern Africa. |
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Africa, Southern -- Politics and government -- 1994-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1994- |
| Subject |
Africa, Southern -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1994 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fuller, Bruce. Government confronts culture. New York : Garland Pub., 1999 (DLC) 99038197 |
| ISBN |
9780203906828 |
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0203906829 |
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9780815314318 (alkaline paper) |
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0815314310 (alkaline paper) |
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9781135580049 (electronic book) |
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1135580049 (electronic book) |
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0203906829 |
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0815314310 (alkaline paper) |
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0815330804 |
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9780815330806 |
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