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Republic of Botswana

Botswana is a southern African land-locked republic, capital Gaborone, formerly a colony of Britain under the name Bechuanaland.

It became a republic within the Commonwealth in 1966. Though it is a largely pastoral land, with large game reserves, a large part of the country's income now comes from minerals - mainly diamonds, copper-nickel. There are elections every five years. Elections for the national assembly and the presidency are held every five years, and the general election of 1994 was won by Botswana Democratic Party with 67% of the seats against the Botswana National Front. President Festus Mogae took office in 1998.

Published in the Journal
	The Political Economy of Botswana in SADCC by Balefi Tsie; Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and Democracy by L Diamond and M F Plattner (eds); Re-Creating Ourselves: African Women and Critical Transformations by Molara Ogundipe-Leslie Book Notes by Roy Love from Vol.23 No.68 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1996: pp223-224)
	Namibia: Placing Present Developments in Perspective Briefing by David de Beers from Vol.15 No.42 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1988: pp90-100)
	The Political Economy of the 'Green Revolution' in Africa Article by Peter Lawrence from Vol.15 No.42 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1988: pp59-75)
	The State, Environment and Peasant Consciousness in Botswana Article by Patrick P Molutsi from Vol.15 No.42 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1988: pp40-47)
	The African Environment Editorial by Meredeth Turshen, Carol Barker, and Phil O'Keefe from Vol.15 No.42 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1988: pp1-4)
	Botswana: Liberal Democracy and the Labour Reserve in Southern Africa by Jack Parson Review by Patrick P Molutsi from Vol.14 No.38 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1987: pp117-119)
	Drought and Famines Briefing by Ray Bush from Vol.12 No.33 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1985: pp59-63)
	The Constellation of Southern African States: A New Strategic Offensive by South Africa Briefing by Centre for African Studies from Vol.7 No.18 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1980: pp102-105)
	Rural Class Formation and Ecological Collapse in Botswana Article by Lionel Cliffe and Richard Moorsom from Vol.6 No.15/16 of the Review of African Political Economy (Winter 1979: pp35-52)
	Land, Labour Migration and Politics in Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland by D Kowet Review by Roger Leys from Vol.5 No.12 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1978: pp122-124)

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