ABSTRACT

First published in 1997, this volume departs from conventional analyses of Botswana’s political economy and focuses on the second phase of Botswana’s capitalist development from 1966-1990, arguing that even in a formally liberal democratic country, the imperatives of economic growth and development in a capitalist context give rise to the state’s close supervision and control of organised labour. Taking inspiration from Marx’s theories of history, Monageng Mogalakwe examines the capitalist form of the Botswana state and its relationships with the trade unions, labour law, industrial relations, class struggle and organised labour in a period characterised by direct state intervention in the economy and in industrial relations.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|19 pages

Theorising the state-labour relation

chapter 4|14 pages

The capitalist form of the Botswana state

chapter 5|12 pages

The state and the trade unions

chapter 6|18 pages

Labour law and industrial relations

chapter 7|17 pages

Trade union growth and development

chapter 8|16 pages

Class organisation and class struggles