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Children living in violent families: Implications for social work in Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, www.thuto.org/pula/html/, 2000)
Based on a recognition that men's abuse of women has an impact on children, there is much that social
work can do to address the problem of children living with domestic violence. Using findings of a study
on children's ...
Youth and electoral participation in Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
This article focuses on the changing trends and patterns in the youth's participation in the
electoral process. It examines trends in electoral participation in general and that of the youth in particular and attempts an ...
Widening the frontiers of democracy: towards a transformative agenda in Botswana politics
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
This article is about the struggles of Batswana women to attain gender equality. The article traces women's exclusion from public decision-making much broadly as a fundamental feature
of the Tswana patriachal structure. ...
Understanding government and opposition parties in Botswana
(Routledge, http://www.informaworld.com, 2000)
This paper discusses the relationship between the ruling party and
opposition parties in the struggle to capture political power in Botswana. It demonstrates the resilience of the multi-party framework that is founded on ...
Transferring health technology to South Africa: the importance of traditional African culture
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, www.vlib.ustu.ru/storon/kluwer, 2000)
The transfer of new health technology to South Africa is occurring despite the fact that North American and European health care planners and entrepreneurs have a very limited understanding of traditional Black South African ...
The complexities of female-headed households in Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
The concept of female-headed household has emerged as an important analytical
category in the examination of poverty in life chances both within the context of policy research and social science scholarship. This paper ...
In search of an alternative electoral system for Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
Electoral systems are manipulative instruments that determine how elections are won and lost.
Botswana is widely regarded as a frontrunner in democratic politics, but the electoral system
that it operates has been wanting ...
Opinion polls in Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
Opinion polls are a relatively new phenomenon in Botswana but nonetheless a welcome
development as they inform both the candidates and the campaigners on pertinent issues facing the electorate. Opinion polls becomes more ...
Education and the labour market in Botswana
(Taylor and Francis (Routledge), 2000)
Using primary data from a 1993/4 Household Income and Expenditure Survey in Botswana, this article presents empirical results on occupational attainment, its determinants, and the extent of filtering down in Botswana's ...
Job satisfaction among nurses in Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, www.taylorandfrancis.com, 2000)
In this paper the authors examines the extent of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in a
national sample of 325 nurses working in hospitals, clinics and health posts in Botswana. The analyses explored the effects of ...