| Grassroots Governance?: Chiefs in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean Contributor(s): Ray, Donald I. (Editor), Ray, Donald I. (Contribution by), Reddy, P. S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1552380807 ISBN-13: 9781552380802 Publisher: University of Calgary Press OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: Grass-roots Governance? is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that establish a baseline for best practice in rural local government and traditional leadership in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean. Since traditional leadership is a factor that has been overlooked in evaluations of rural local governance in much of sub-Saharan Africa, this work addresses a significant gap in African scholarship. Case studies are drawn from Ghana, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Commonwealth countries in West, East, and Southern Africa, as well as Jamaica. The articles examine ways to integrate, or reconcile, traditional leadership into democratic systems while taking into account the importance of traditional leadership to the culture of local governance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Political Science | American Government - State |
| Dewey: 320.840 |
| LCCN: 2003501648 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.06" W x 9.22" (1.34 lbs) 322 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Traditional leadership is a factor that has long been overlooked in evaluations of rural local government in much of contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. Grassroots Governance?, an interdisciplinary and intercontinental collection, addresses this gap in Afric |
Contributor Bio(s): Reddy, P. S.: - P.S. Reddy is a professor in the School of Governance, University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa. He is currently the project director of the Working Group on Local Governance and Development of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), headquartered in Brussels.Reddy, P. S.: - P.S. Reddy is a professor in the School of Governance, University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa. He is currently the project director of the Working Group on Local Governance and Development of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), headquartered in Brussels.Ray, Donald I.: - Donald I. Ray is a professor in the department of political science at the University of Calgary. He is also the International Co-ordinator of the Traditional Authority Applied Research Network (TAARN).Reddy, P. S.: - P.S. Reddy is a professor in the School of Governance, University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa. He is currently the project director of the Working Group on Local Governance and Development of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), headquartered in Brussels. |