Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana
| dc.contributor.author | Seekings, Jeremy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-23T09:05:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-06-23T09:05:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Botswana’s welfare state is both a parsimonious laggard in comparison with some other middle-income countries in Africa (such as Mauritius and South Africa) and extensive (in comparison with its low-income neighbours to the north and east). Coverage is broad but cash transfers are modest. This reflects distinctively conservative features – including especially preferences for workfare and for minimal benefits paid in kind (food) rather than cash – combined with parsimonious cash transfers for select categories of deserving poor (the elderly and orphans), administered through the Department of Local Government, not a dedicated welfare department. This is a very different model of welfare-state- building – and, more generally, social contract – to those of its neighbours in Southern Africa. It is the result of the specific character of poverty in Botswana, the enduring but not unchallenged political dominance of the conservatively paternalist Botswana Democratic Party, and the predominant values and beliefs in the society. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Seekings, J. (2016). <i>Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24615 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Seekings, Jeremy <i>Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24615 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Seekings, J. (2016). Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana. CSSR Working Paper No. 388. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town: Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-77011-375-6 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Seekings, Jeremy AB - Botswana’s welfare state is both a parsimonious laggard in comparison with some other middle-income countries in Africa (such as Mauritius and South Africa) and extensive (in comparison with its low-income neighbours to the north and east). Coverage is broad but cash transfers are modest. This reflects distinctively conservative features – including especially preferences for workfare and for minimal benefits paid in kind (food) rather than cash – combined with parsimonious cash transfers for select categories of deserving poor (the elderly and orphans), administered through the Department of Local Government, not a dedicated welfare department. This is a very different model of welfare-state- building – and, more generally, social contract – to those of its neighbours in Southern Africa. It is the result of the specific character of poverty in Botswana, the enduring but not unchallenged political dominance of the conservatively paternalist Botswana Democratic Party, and the predominant values and beliefs in the society. DA - 2016-12 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 SM - 978-1-77011-375-6 T1 - Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana TI - Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24615 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24615 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Seekings J. Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana. 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24615 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.title | Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Working paper | en_ZA |