Grassroots governance? :  chiefs in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean / 
edited by Donald I. Ray and P.S. Reddy. 
 - Calgary :  University of Calgary Press,   2003. 
 - ix, 313 pages :  illustrations, portraits ;  24 cm 
 - Africa, missing voices series .
 - Africa, missing voices series. .
<br/><br/> Copublished by: International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface / P.S. Reddy -- 1. Rural local governance and traditional leadership in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean : policy and research implications from Africa to the Americas and Australasia / Donald I. Ray -- 2. Setting the Ghanaian context of rural local government : traditional authority values / Christiane Owusu-Sarpong -- 3. Social characteristics of traditional leaders and public views on their political role / Charles Crothers -- 4. Ghana : traditional leadership and rural local governance / Donald I. Ray -- 5. Chiefs : power in a political wilderness / Robert Thornton -- 6. Local governance in Lesotho : the central role of chiefs / Tim Quinlan and Malcolm Wallis -- 7. Traditional authorities, local government and land rights / Lungisile Ntsebeza -- 8. "We rule the mountains and they rule the plains" : the West African basis of traditional authority in Jamaica / Werner Zips -- 9. Traditional leadership and rural local government in Botswana / Keshav C. Sharma -- 10. Rural local government and development : a case study of Kwazulu-Natal : quo vadis? / P.S. Reddy and B.B. Biyela -- 11. What role for traditional leadership in the "pluralistic state" in Africa? / Carl Wright. 
<br/><br/> Preface -- 1. Rural Local Governance and Traditional Leadership in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean: Policy and Research Implications from Africa to the Americans and Australasia -- 2. Setting the Ghanaian Context of Rural Local Government: Traditional Authority Values -- 3. Social Characteristics of Traditional Leaders and Public Views on their Political Role -- 4. Ghana: Traditional Leadership and Rural Local Governance -- 5. Chiefs: Power in a Political Wilderness -- 6. Local Governance in Lesotho: The Central Role of Chiefs -- 7. Traditional Authorities, Local Government and Land Rights -- 8. "We Rule the Mountains and They Rule the Plains": The West African Basis of Traditional Authority in Jamaica -- 9. Traditional Leadership and Rural Local Government in Botswana -- 10. Rural Local Government and Development: A Case Study of Kwazulu-Natal: Quo Vadis? -- 11. What Role for Traditional Leadership in the "Pluralistic State" in Africa? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1552380807 9781552380802 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003501648 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA350825  bnb 20029112516  can GBA3-50825 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>(AMICUS)000027658881 010132005  Uk 20029112516 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Gemeindeverwaltung
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Local government--Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Local government--Caribbean Area.<br/>Chiefdoms--Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Tribal government--Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Administration locale--Afrique noire.<br/>Administration locale--Cara ibes (R egion)<br/>Chefferie (Anthropologie)--Afrique noire.<br/>Gouvernement tribal--Afrique noire.<br/>Subsaharan Africa.<br/>Ghana.<br/>South Africa.<br/>Botswana.<br/>Lesotho.<br/>Jamaica.<br/>traditional rulers.<br/>local government.<br/>88.13 local government bodies.<br/>Chiefdoms.<br/>Local government.<br/>Tribal government.<br/>Dorf<br/>Herrschaft<br/>H auptling<br/>Vergleich<br/>Lokaal bestuur.<br/>Tribale groepen.<br/>Gemeindeverwaltung.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Sub-Saharan Africa.<br/>Caribbean Area.<br/>Karibik<br/>Subsaharisches Afrika
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fallstudiensammlung.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JS7525  / .G72 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.8/4/0967