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Diamonds, Dispossession and Democracy in Botswana

Kenneth Good · James Currey / Boydell and Brewer · 2008

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Book
Author
Kenneth Good
Identifier
DOI 10.1515/9781846156274
Accessed
2026-09-01

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TheoryAcemoglu, Johnson and Robinson attribute Botswana's growth to institutions of private property and constraints on political elites, rooted in pre-colonial institutions, light colonial rule and the interests of a cattle-owning elite, rather than to diamonds alone.