Louis A. Picard

The Politics of Development in Botswana: A Model for Success?

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Bureaucrats, Cattle, and Public Policy Land Tenure Changes in Botswana

The formulation of a policy on land use offers a clear example of the relationship between a bureaucracy and policy formulation. In much of the Third World, and particularly in many African countries, national and local government employees are to all intents and purposes the dominant socioeconomic elite in the country. This would suggest that those who are formulating and implementing a new policy such as that on land use may have the most to gain from the policy which is under examination. Using data from the Southern African country of Botswana, this article examines the relationship between the socioeconomic status of the bureaucracy and the type of land tenure policy which is likely to result. Since the movement from communal to individual tenure of both grazing land and farm land is occurring throughout the African continent, the relationship between bureaucratic interests and public policy is of general interest beyond this specific case study.

Policy reform for sustainable development in Africa : the institutional imperative

The Challenge of Structural Adjustment, L.A. Picard Ghana - Limited Success with Policy Reform, H. Akuoko-Frimpong Nigeria - Civil Service Reform and Development, A.D. Yahaya and A. Bur Zambia - Form versus Substance in the One-Party State, G.F. Lungu and M.C. Bwalya Tanzania - Moving Beyond the One-Party State, R.S. Mukandala and M.C. Bwalya Kenya - Environmental Factors and the Policy Process, W.O. Oyugi Botswana - Confronting the Realities of Capacity Building, K.C. Sharma and E.G.M. Mhauli Sustainable Policies, Management Capacity, and Institutional Development, L.A. Picard et al Improving Management Performance in Africa - Collaborative Intervening Models, L.A. Picard and M. Garrity Institutional Development Revisited, L.A. Picard and M. Garrity.

Traditionalism in Swaziland: The economic basis of a Southern African monarchy

Swaziland: Tradition and Change in a Southern African Kingdom by Alan R. Booth Westview Press, Boulder (Colorado), and Gower, Aldershot (England), 1983. xi plus 156 pp. including maps, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography and index.

The state of the state

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