A democracy of chameleons : politics and culture in the New Malawi / edited by Harri Englund ; afterword by Jack Mapanje.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Englund, Harri.

Rebecca Pepper Sinkler Fund.

Series:

Kachere books ; no. 14.

Kachere books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Malawi--Politics and government--1964-.

Malawi.

Politics and government.

Malawi--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

208 pages : map ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Uppsala, Sweden : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet ; Somerset, NJ : Distributor in North America, Transaction Publishers, [2002]

Contents:

Culture of chameleon politics / Harri Englund

Politics of poverty alleviation in Malawi : a critical review / Blessings Chinsinga

Freedom and insecurity : civil servants between support networks, the free market and the civil service reform / Gerhard Anders

Judicial mediation in electoral politics in Malawi / Clement Ng'ong'ola

Hate speech in the new Malawi / Edrinnie Kayambazinthu and Fulata Moyo

"Mzimu wa soldier" : contemporary popular music and politics in Malawi / Reuben Makayiko Chirambo

Are Malawi's local clergy civil society activists? : The limiting impact of creed, context and class / Peter VonDoepp

Ethnic revival and language associations in the new Malawi : the case of Chitumbuka / Gregory H. Kamwendo

Tikutha : the political culture of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Malawi / John Lwanda

"Human rights and the multiparty system have swallowed our traditions" : conceiving women and culture in the new Malawi / Ulrika Ribohn

Orality of dictatorship : in defence of my country / Jack Mapanje.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-203) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rebecca Pepper Sinkler Fund.

ISBN:

9171064990

OCLC:

50841154

Online:

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