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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  • Front Matter Table of Contents SUMMARY PREFACE CHAPTER 1: Rural Local Governance and Traditional Leadership in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean: CHAPTER 2: Setting the Ghanaian Context of Rural Local Government: CHAPTER 3: Social Characteristics of Traditional Leaders and Public Views on their Political Role CHAPTER 4: Ghana: CHAPTER 5: Chiefs: CHAPTER 6: Local Governance in Lesotho: CHAPTER 7: Traditional Authorities, Local Government and Land Rights CHAPTER 8: “We Rule the Mountains and They Rule the Plains”: CHAPTER 9: TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP AND RURAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BOTSWANA CHAPTER 10: Rural Local Government and Development: CHAPTER 11: What Role for Traditional Leadership in the “Pluralistic State” in Africa? INDEX Back Matter
  • Cover -- Africa Missing Voices Series Information -- Title Page -- Bibliographic Information -- CONTENTS -- Summary -- Preface by P.S. Reddy -- Rural Local Governance and Traditional Leadership in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean -- Setting the Ghanaian Context of Rural Local Government -- Social Characteristics of Traditional Leaders and Public Views on their Political Role -- Ghana: Traditional Leadership andRural Local Governance -- Chiefs: Power in a Political Wilderness -- Local Governance in Lesotho: The Central Role of Chiefs -- Traditional Authorities, LocalGovernment and Land Rights -- "We Rule the Mountains and They Rule the Plains": The West African Basis of Traditional Authority in Jamaica -- Traditional Leadership and RuralLocal Government in Botswana -- Rural Local Government and Development: A Case Study of Kwazulu-Natal: Quo Vadis? -- What Role for Traditional Leadership in the "Pluralistic State" in Africa? -- Index -- Back Cover