State/civil society interaction in Botswana displays patterns characterised by
mutual criticism in each other’s presence, the willingness of state officials to meet
and exchange views with non-state leaders, and the media’s role of reminding the
contestants to meet and exchange views. The Botswana political culture compels/
constrains contestants to meet and exchange views rather than to disengage and
resort to the trading of unpleasant remarks in the media and to industrial action
on the street. The theoretical implication is that political culture vitally shapes
state/civil society interaction and should not be ignored by researchers who seek
to define/characterise strong/weak civil societies

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