Social Movements and Democracy in Africa

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

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?

The state is central to the study of social movements. Theories of the state
provide the starting point for an understanding of the politics of social movement
analyses (Jenkins, 1995). Studies emphasizing the significance of the state are ...