State recognition and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa a new dawn for traditional authorities? - Buur, Lars.; Kyed, Helene Maria Kyed. (New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
Bringing the sultan back in : elders as peacemakers in Ethiopia's Somali region "Now we are a town" : chiefs, investors, and the state in Zambia's western province Ambivalent role of chiefs : rural decentralization initiatives in Malawi Chiefs, policing, and vigilantes : "cleaning up" the Caprivi borderland of Namibia Traditional authority : accountablility and governance in Zimbabwe Traditional authority in Mozambique : the legible space between state and community Traditional authority and democratization in Africa Traditional chieftaincy, party politics, and political violence in Burkina Faso From pastoral to state politics : traditional authorities in northern Somalia Lars Buur and Helene Maria Kyed -- Wolfgang Zeler Everisto Mapedza -- Markus V. Höhne -- Sten Hagberg -- Wolfgang Zeller -- Asiyati Lorraine Chiweza -- Tobias Hagmann -- Helene Maria Kyed and Lars Buur --
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Central-local government relations -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Tribal government -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Chiefdoms -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Democratization -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960.