Grassroots Governance? Chiefs in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean

Traditional leadership is a factor that has long been overlooked in evaluations of rural local government in much of contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. Grassroots Governance?, an interdisciplinary and intercontinental collection, addresses this gap in African scholarship and brings new perspectives on...

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Hauptverfasser: Ray, Donald Iain, Reddy, P. S. (Purshottama Sivanarian), IASIA
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Calgary University of Calgary Press 2003
Ausgabe:NED - New edition, 1
Schriftenreihe:Africa: Missing Voices
Schlagworte:
Africa
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Caribbean
Caribbean Area
Chiefdoms > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Chiefs
Governance
Government
History
Law
Local government
Local government > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Local government > Caribbean Area
Political actors
Political conditions
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Sub-Saharan Africa
Tribal government > Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN:9781552380802, 1552380807, 9781552385654, 1552385655, 9781552383575, 1552383571
ISSN:1703-1826
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Zusammenfassung:Traditional leadership is a factor that has long been overlooked in evaluations of rural local government in much of contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. Grassroots Governance?, an interdisciplinary and intercontinental collection, addresses this gap in African scholarship and brings new perspectives on the integration, or reconciliation, of traditional leadership with democratic systems of local government. Articles from the fields of political science, law, postcolonial studies, anthropology, cultural studies, and policy and administrative studies establish a baseline for best practice in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean while taking into account the importance of traditional leadership to the culture of local governance. Case studies are drawn from Ghana, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Commonwealth countries in West, East, and Southern Africa, as well as Jamaica.
Bibliographie:Copublished by: International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration
Includes bibliographical references and index
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MODID-c86684b5b33:University of Calgary Press
ISBN:9781552380802
1552380807
9781552385654
1552385655
9781552383575
1552383571
ISSN:1703-1826
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv6gqrhd