Research Catalog

Title

Dreams for Lesotho : independence, foreign assistance, and development / John Aerni-Flessner.

Author

Aerni-Flessner, John

Publication

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018]

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Details

Description

xiii, 291 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

In Dreams for Lesotho: Independence, Foreign Assistance, and Development, John Aerni-Flessner studies the post-independence emergence of Lesotho as an example of the uneven ways in which people experienced development at the end of colonialism in Africa. The book posits that development became the language through which Basotho (the people of Lesotho) conceived of the dream of independence, both before and after the 1966 transfer of power. While many studies of development have focused on the perspectives of funding governments and agencies, Aerni-Flessner approaches development as an African-driven process in Lesotho. The book examines why both political leaders and ordinarypeople put their faith in development, even when projects regularly failed to alleviate poverty. He argues that the potential promise of development helped make independence real for Africans. The book utilizes government archives in four countries, but also relies heavily on newspapers, oral histories, and the archives of multilateral organizations like the World Bank. It will interest scholars of decolonization, development, empire, and African and South African history. --

Series Statement

Helen Kellogg Institute series on democracy and development

Uniform Title

Kellogg Institute series on democracy and development.

Subject

• Since 1966
• Economic development > Lesotho
• Economic development > Lesotho > International cooperation
• Economic development
• Economic development > International cooperation
• Economic history
• Politics and government
• Lesotho > Economic conditions > 1966-
• Lesotho > Politics and government > 1966-
• Lesotho

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Political changes and Basotho responses, 1950s to independence -- The colonial era and the rhetorical consensus on development -- Working for development : centralization, youth groups, and the physical infrastructure of independence, 1960/1968 -- The internationalization of Lesotho's development : the 1970 coup -- Authoritarianism, aid, and the anti-politics machine, 1970/1975 -- The road to development.

Call Number

Sc E 19-1426

ISBN

• 9780268103613
• 0268103615

LCCN

2017055857

OCLC

1013528598

Author

Aerni-Flessner, John, author.

Title

Dreams for Lesotho : independence, foreign assistance, and development / John Aerni-Flessner.

Publisher

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Helen Kellogg Institute series on democracy and development

Kellogg Institute series on democracy and development.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1966

Research Call Number

Sc E 19-1426