Democracy compromised : chiefs and the politics of the land in South Africa /

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Democracy Compromised is about traditional authorities (chiefs of various ranks) in a democracy. The book addresses mainly two integrally related questions. First, how despite their role in the apartheid state, traditional authorities have not only survived, but have won unprecedented powers in rura...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ntsebeza, Lungisile
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, 2005.
Colección:Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 5.
Temas:
Chiefdoms > South Africa > Xalanga.
Tribal government > South Africa > Xalanga.
Political customs and rites > South Africa > Xalanga.
Democracy > South Africa > Xalanga.
Social history.
Social Conditions
Histoire sociale.
social history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Chiefdoms
Democracy
Political customs and rites
Politics and government
Social conditions
Tribal government
Demokratie
Traditionale Herrschaft
Gemeindeverwaltung
Landrechten.
Stamhoofden.
Democratie.
Xalanga (South Africa) > Politics and government.
Xalanga (South Africa) > Social conditions.
South Africa > Xalanga
Distrikt Xalanga
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of maps; Abbreviations; FOREWORD; 1 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES, DEMOCRACY AND THE LAND QUESTION: SOME CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 2 THE XHALANGA DISTRICT AND ITS PEOPLE: 1865-1883; 3 THE LAND QUESTION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN XHALANGA: 1883-1924; 4 RURAL LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN XHALANGA IN THE ERA OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES; 5 TRIBAL AUTHORITIES AND THE REVIVAL OF CHIEFTAINSHIP IN XHALANGA; 6 'TSHISA, TSHISA' (BURN, BURN): THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TRIBAL AUTHORITIES INTENSIFIES; 7 THE ERA OF BANTU AUTHORITIES IN THE XHALANGA DISTRICT: A DECENTRALISED DESPOTISM?
  • 8 DEMOCRACY COMPROMISED: POST-1994 RETRIBALISATION9 CONCLUSION; References; Index.

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