Author: Gretchen Merry BauerPublisher:
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Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Labor Movement and the Prospects for Democracy in Namibia
Author: Gretchen Merry BauerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Labor and Democracy in Namibia, 1971-1996
Author: Gretchen BauerPublisher: James Currey
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Labor and Democracy in Namibia, 1971-1996 argues that a vibrant and autonomous civil society is crucial to the consolidation of new democracies, and it identifies trade unions, in particular, as especially important organizations of civil society. In Namibia, however, trade unions have emerged from the liberation struggle and the first years of independence in a weakened state. Dr. Bauer gives a lucid explanation for this phenomenon by tracing the origins and evolution of the trade unions in Namibia and discusses the implications for the future of democracy in Namibia.
The Labor Movement and the Consolidation of Democracy in Namibia
Author: Gretchen Merry BauerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Voices from the Kavango
Author: Kletus LikuwaPublisher: BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN
ISBN: 3906927199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Voices from the Kavango explores the contribution that the life histories and the voices of the contract labourers make to our understanding of the contract labour system in Namibia. In particular it asks: is it possible to view the migration of the Kavango labourers as a progressive step, or does the paradigm of exploitation and suppression remain the dominant one? The study highlights contract labourers engaging in a defeating activity and their disappointment with the little rewards which were non-lasting solutions to their problems. The realization of their entrapment under the contract system and the eventual frustrations led to the political mobilization for independence by SWAPO.
Developmentalism, Dependency, and the State
Author: Christopher HopePublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 3906927202
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Why does Namibia's economy look the way it does today? Was the reliance on raw materials for exports and on the service sector for employment an inevitability? And for what reasons has the manufacturing sector - the vehicle for economic development for many now-high income countries throughout the 19th and 20th centuries - seen its growth held back? With these questions in mind, this book offers an extensive analysis of industrial development and economic change in Namibia since 1900, exploring their causes, trajectory, vicissitudes, context, and politics. Its focus is particularly on the motivations behind the economic decisions of the state, arguing that power relations - both internationally and domestically - have held firm a status quo that has resisted efforts towards profound economic change. This work is the first in-depth economic study covering both the colonial and independence eras of Namibia's history and provides the first history of the country's manufacturing sector.
The Prospects for Democracy and Development in an Independent Namibia
Author: Gerhard TötemeyerPublisher:
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Category : Namibia
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Rethinking Institutions, Processes and Development in Africa
Author: Ernest AnichePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538151138
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
African scholarship concerning the nexus between institutions and development is still dominated by the economic perspective of development despite the emergence of the humanistic perspective of development. The humanistic perspective is a more embracing, encompassing, and comprehensive view of development than its economic counterpart and offers a better explanation of the African situation. It is essential to examine the relationships between democratic political institutions and human development. This collection examines democratic institutions and processes in post-independence Africa. The contributors examine the political institutional processes in post-colonial Africa, evaluating the workings of institutions such as education, bureaucracy, interest groups, trade unions, and problems of enforcements in Africa. It also discusses the relevance of creative arts for political socialization as well as the role effects of privatization on service delivery in contemporary African societies.
State, Society, and Democracy
Author: Christiaan KeulderPublisher:
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Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In this book, the Authors took stock of Namibias progress towards a consoliDated democracy.In doing so they looked at the influence of two forces on democracy: the Namibian State and Namibian Society.
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