A democracy of chameleons : politics and culture in the New Malawi

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    • Englund, Harri
    • Mapanije, Jack

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A democracy of chameleons : politics and culture in the New Malawi

edited by Harri Englund ; afterword by Jack Mapanje

Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, c2002

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

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内容説明

After thirty years of autocratic rule under "Life President" Kamuzu Banda, Malawians experienced a transition to multiparty democracy in 1994. A new constitution and several democratic institutions promised a new dawn in a country ravaged by poverty and injustice. This book presents original research on the economic, social, political and cultural consequences of the new era. A new generation of scholars, most of them from Malawi, cover virtually every issue causing debate in the New Malawi: poverty and hunger, the plight of civil servants, the role of the judiciary, political intolerance and hate speech, popular music as a form of protest, clergy activism, voluntary associations and ethnic revival, responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and controversies over women's rights. Both chameleon-like leaders and the donors of Malawi's foreign aid come under critical scrutiny for supporting superficial democratization. The book ends with a rare public statement on the New Malawi by Jack Mapanje, Malawi's internationally acclaimed writer.

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