Botswana: Political overview

Publisher's note: The following is extracted from "Botswana" IN Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa (2002), edited by Tom Lodge, Denis Kadima and David Pottie, EISA, 35-41.

• British colonial penetration (19th Century-1932)
• Indirect rule and resistance (1932-1958)
• Political party formation and independence (1958-1966)
• Democratic consolidation (1966-1996)
• Subsequent political developments (1997-2000)