From Pre-Colony to Post-Colony: Continuities and Discontinuities in Political Power Relations and Governance in Botswana
Botswana has been praised for its adherence to parliamentary democracy and good governance and as the best hope for Africa. However, a closer examination of its much vaunted democracy reveals a top-down presidential system in which an unelected president has more power and authority than an elected Parliament and the country’s parliamentary system does not […]