Voluntarism, Virtuous Citizenship, and Nation-Building in Late Colonial and Early Postcolonial Tanzania
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Abstract:This article offers a historical perspective on the concept of voluntarism in modern Africa. It does so by exploring the ways in which postcolonial states grappled with the legacies of colonial-era concepts of voluntarism, using Tanzania as a case study. It argues that the postcolonial state sought to combine two strands of colonial thinking about voluntarism in a new conception of “virtuous citizenship.” But this was a fragile construction, and the language of voluntarism could bring to light divisions in society that many would have preferred to keep hidden.
2016 ◽
Vol 66
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pp. 73-80
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2018 ◽
Vol 62
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pp. 146-155
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Vol 27
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pp. 419-440
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2021 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 450-460
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