Transitions in Namibia : which changes for whom? / edited by Henning Melber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melber, Henning.

Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Namibia--Politics and government--1990-.

Namibia.

Politics and government.

Namibia--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Namibia--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2007.

Summary:

This volume completes the research project on "Liberation and Democracy in Southern Africa" (LiDeSA). It mainly addresses socio-economic and gender-related issues in contemporary Namibia. Most of the contributors are either Namibian, based in Namibia or have undertaken extensive research in the country. Their interest as scholars and/or civil society activists is guided by a loyalty characterised not by rhetoric but by empathy with the people. They advocate notions of human rights, social equality and related values and norms instead of being driven by an ideologically determined party-political affiliation. Their investigative and analytical endeavours depict a society in transition, a society that is far from being liberated. Not surprisingly, this compilation explores the limits to liberation more than its advances.

Contents:

Transitions in Namibia

Namibia in transition: an introductory overview / Henning Melber

History and the armed struggle: from anti-colonial propaganda to "patriotic history"? / Christopher Saunders

Commercial land reforms in postcolonial Namibia: what happened to liberation struggle rhetoric? / Phanuel Kaapama

Between politics and the shop floor: which way for Namibia's labour movement? / Herbert Jauch

Liberated economy?: the case of Ramatex Textiles Namibia / Volker Winterfeldt

Old ties or new shackles?: China in Namibia / Gregor Dobler

Poverty, politics, power and privilege: Namibia's black economic elite formation / Henning Melber

Out of order? The margins of Namibian ex-combatant 'reintegration' / Lalli Metsola

Imagining post-apartheid society and culture: playfulness, officialdom and civility in a youth elite club in northern Namibia / Mattia Fumanti

Regional development and decentralisation / Graham Hopwood

Caprivi under old and new indirect rule: falling off the map or a 19th century dream come true? / Wolfgang Zeller, Bennett Kangumu Kangumu

Ideas about equality in Namibian family law / Dianne Hubbard

HIV/AIDS in Namibia: gender, class and feminist theory revisited / Lucy Edwards

Decolonising sexuality / Suzanne LaFont.

Notes:

"This volume on social realities in Namibia completes the 'Liberation and Democracy in Southern Africa' (LiDeSA) project undertaken at the Nordic Africa Institute between 2001 and 2006"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9789171065827

9171065822

OCLC:

180188319