State Recognition and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa [electronic resource] : A New Dawn for Traditional Authorities? /
Buur, L.author.
Kyed, H.author.
Being critical and empirically grounded, the book explores the complex, often counter-balancing consequences of the involvement of traditional authority in the wave of democratization and liberal-style state-building that has rolled over sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade.
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Cover; Table of Contents; Author Descriptions; Preface; Introduction: Traditional Authority and Democratization in Africa; Part I: Traditional Authorities and Decentralized Governance; 1 Bringing the Sultan Back In: Elders as Peacemakers in Ethiopia's Somali Region; 2 The Ambivalent Role of Chiefs: Rural Decentralization Initiatives in Malawi; 3 Chiefs, Policing, and Vigilantes: "Cleaning Up" the Caprivi Borderland of Namibia; 4 Traditional Authority in Mozambique: The Legible Space between State and Community; Part II: Traditional Authorities and State and Party Politics
5 Traditional Chieftaincy, Party Politics, and Political Violence in Burkina Faso6 From Pastoral to State Politics: Traditional Authorities in Northern Somalia; 7 Traditional Authority: Accountability and Governance in Zimbabwe; 8 "Now we are a Town": Chiefs, Investors, and the State in Zambia's Western Province; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Being critical and empirically grounded, the book explores the complex, often counter-balancing consequences of the involvement of traditional authority in the wave of democratization and liberal-style state-building that has rolled over sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade.
Africa—Politics and government.
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