Social Movements and Democracy in Africa

The Impact of Women's Struggles for Equal Rights in Botswana

By Agnes Ngoma Leslie

Series: African Studies 

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This book examines social movements in Africa, analyzing how they emerge and how they may impact public policy, the legal and political situation, and the society by focusing on the following question: How do women's political and legal rights get extended and institutionalized in a patriarchal democratic society?
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