Mediating Legitimacy : Chieftaincy and Democratisation in Two African Chiefdoms.

This study analyses the effects of democratic transition in two African countries - Cameroon and South Africa - on chiefs and the institution of chieftainship. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, the monograph explores the cultural and socio-political conditions that enabled chiefs to reinvent themselv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fokwang, Jude
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2009.
Temas:
Chiefdoms > Cameroon > History.
Political customs and rites.
Democracy.
Chefferie (Anthropologie) > Cameroun > Histoire.
Mœurs politiques.
Chiefdoms
Democracy
Political customs and rites
Cameroon
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This study analyses the effects of democratic transition in two African countries - Cameroon and South Africa - on chiefs and the institution of chieftainship. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, the monograph explores the cultural and socio-political conditions that enabled chiefs to reinvent themselves in the new era of democratic politics despite their status as 'old political actors'. It explores the kinds of legitimacies claimed by chiefs in the new era and the responses of their subjects to such claims, particularly with respect to chiefs' involvement in national politics. The monograph mak.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (140 pages)
ISBN:9789956716005
9956716006

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