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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Prologue; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One
  • Chieftaincy in contemporary perspective; Introduction; Areas of Study; Chiefs and Democracy: Strange bedfellows?; Research Method; Organisation of Book; Chapter Two
  • Rivalry, resistance and liberation politics in Venda; Introduction; A Political History of the Venda; Chiefs, Government and Politics in Venda (1913
  • 1994); Chiefs and Liberation Politics in Venda; Conclusion; Chapter Three
  • Chiefs, local government and social change in post-apartheid Tshivhase; Introduction.
  • Chiefs and Policy Framework in Postcolonial South AfricaChief Tshivhase and Democratic Change; Traditional Leaders and Civics in the Democratic Era; Chief Tshihvhase and Public Opinion; Chieftaincy and Development in Tshivhase; Conclusion; Chapter Four
  • Historical patterns on change and continuity in traditional leadership in Bali; Introduction; A Political History of Bali Nyonga; Galega II in the Post-independence Era (1961-1985); Fon Ganyonga and the Democratic Transition in 1990; Conclusion; Chapter Five
  • Democratic transition and chiefdompolitics in Bali; Introduction.
  • Democratic Transition and Local Politics in BaliGanyonga and Chiefs' Politics in the Democratic Era; Ganyonga and the Anglophone Problem; Ganyonga and Public Opinion; Conclusion; Chapter Six
  • Chieftaincy and democracy in comparative perspective; Tshivhase and Bali Compared in the Democratic Era; Implications for Democratic Transition and the State; Conclusion; Appendix One
  • Genealogy of Tshivhase Chiefs; Appendix Two
  • Structure of Traditional Government in Tshivhase; Appendix Three
  • Genealogy of Bali-Nyonga Chiefs; Appendix Four
  • Structure of Traditional Government in Bali-Nyonga.
  • End NotesReferences; Newspapers; Web sites consulted; Back Cover.

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