Grassroots governance? : chiefs in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean / edited by Donald I. Ray and P.S. Reddy.

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Series: Africa, missing voices series | Africa, missing voices seriesPublication details: Calgary : University of Calgary Press, 2003.Description: ix, 313 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1552380807
9781552380802

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Fallstudiensammlung.

Additional physical formats: Grassroots governance?; Grassroots governance?DDC classification:

320.8/4/0967 21

LOC classification:

JS7525 .G72 2003

Other classification:

88.13
cci1icc
MI 10985

Online resources:

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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?

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Copublished by: International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?

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