Training for Model Citizenship: An Ethnography of Civic Education and State-Making in Rwanda

by Molly Sundberg

This book explores the state in post-genocide Rwanda through an ethnography of a state-run civic education program and everyday forms of government.
In 2007, the Rwandan government introduced a nationwide civic education program, called Itorero, to teach all inhabitants about its vision of the model Rwandan citizen. Since then, this ideal has been pursued through remote training camps, village assemblies, and daily government practices. Based...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137584211
• ISBN13: 9781137584212
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.7"