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Mediating Legitimacy: Chieftaincy and Democratisation in Two African Chiefdoms by Jude Fokwang (Paperback, 2009)
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This study analyses the effects of democratic transition in two African countries - Cameroon and South Africa - on chiefs and the institution of chieftainship. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, the monograph explores the cultural and socio-political conditions that enabled chiefs to reinvent themselves in the new era of democratic politics despite their status as 'old political actors'. It explores the kinds of legitimacies claimed by chiefs in the new era and the responses of their subjects to such claims, particularly with respect to chiefs' involvement in national politics. The monograph makes a case for the importance of comparative research on chiefs in the era of democracy and the predicaments they face therein. It contends that contrary to exhortations about the incompatibility of chiefs and democracy, the reality is that political transition in both South Africa and Cameroon produced contradictions, creating space and a role for chiefs in a fascinating and negotiated interplay of legitimacies and history.Product Identifiers
PublisherLangaa Rpcid
ISBN-139789956558643
eBay Product ID (ePID)107096279
Product Key Features
Number of Pages140 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMediating Legitimacy: Chieftaincy and Democratisation in Two African Chiefdoms
Publication Year2009
SubjectSociology, Anthropology, Politics
TypeTextbook
AuthorJude Fokwang
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight216 g
Item Width152 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureCameroon
Title_AuthorJude Fokwang
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