Asafa Jalata is Professor of Sociology and Global and Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.

• 1. Introduction 2. The Contested and Expanding Meaning of Democracy 3. Social Movements and Egalitarian Democracy in Global Perspectives4. Botswana: Cultural Capital, Colonial Legacy, and the Deficits of Democracy5. Ethiopia: The Impacts of Authoritarianism, Colonialism, and Violence on the Development of Democracy6. Precolonial Political Culture and Institutions in Botswana 7. Oromia: The Qerroo/Qarree Peaceful Movement for National Self-Determination and Democracy 8. Conclusion: Cultural Capital, Movements, and Transition to Democracy in Botswana, Oromia, and Ethiopia

Asafa Jalata is Professor of Sociology and Global and Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.

• 1. Introduction 2. The Contested and Expanding Meaning of Democracy 3. Social Movements and Egalitarian Democracy in Global Perspectives4. Botswana: Cultural Capital, Colonial Legacy, and the Deficits of Democracy5. Ethiopia: The Impacts of Authoritarianism, Colonialism, and Violence on the Development of Democracy6. Precolonial Political Culture and Institutions in Botswana 7. Oromia: The Qerroo/Qarree Peaceful Movement for National Self-Determination and Democracy 8. Conclusion: Cultural Capital, Movements, and Transition to Democracy in Botswana, Oromia, and Ethiopia

Asafa Jalata is Professor of Sociology and Global and Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.

• 1. Introduction 2. The Contested and Expanding Meaning of Democracy 3. Social Movements and Egalitarian Democracy in Global Perspectives4. Botswana: Cultural Capital, Colonial Legacy, and the Deficits of Democracy5. Ethiopia: The Impacts of Authoritarianism, Colonialism, and Violence on the Development of Democracy6. Precolonial Political Culture and Institutions in Botswana 7. Oromia: The Qerroo/Qarree Peaceful Movement for National Self-Determination and Democracy 8. Conclusion: Cultural Capital, Movements, and Transition to Democracy in Botswana, Oromia, and Ethiopia