ISBN:
900414482X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 326 p)
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map
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Afrika-Studiecentrum series v. 5
Parallel Title:
Print version Democracy Compromised : Chiefs and the politics of the land in South Africa
DDC:
320.968
Keywords:
Tribal government
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Political customs and rites
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Chiefdoms
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Democracy
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Chiefdoms ; South Africa ; Xalanga
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Democracy ; South Africa ; Xalanga
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Political customs and rites ; South Africa ; Xalanga
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Tribal government ; South Africa ; Xalanga
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Xalanga (South Africa) ; Politics and government
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Xalanga (South Africa) ; Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Xalanga (South Africa) Social conditions
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Xalanga (South Africa) Politics and government
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Hochschulschrift
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
This book argues that the promulgation of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework and Communal Land Rights Acts runs the risk of compromising South Africa's democracy. The acts establish traditional councils with land administration powers. These structures are dominated by unelected members
Description / Table of Contents:
List of maps; Abbreviations; FOREWORD; 1 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES, DEMOCRACY AND THE LAND QUESTION: SOME CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 2 THE XHALANGA DISTRICT AND ITS PEOPLE: 1865-1883; 3 THE LAND QUESTION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN XHALANGA: 1883-1924; 4 RURAL LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN XHALANGA IN THE ERA OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES; 5 TRIBAL AUTHORITIES AND THE REVIVAL OF CHIEFTAINSHIP IN XHALANGA; 6 'TSHISA, TSHISA' (BURN, BURN): THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TRIBAL AUTHORITIES INTENSIFIES; 7 THE ERA OF BANTU AUTHORITIES IN THE XHALANGA DISTRICT: A DECENTRALISED DESPOTISM?
Description / Table of Contents:
8 DEMOCRACY COMPROMISED: POST-1994 RETRIBALISATION9 CONCLUSION; References; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-319) and index
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Based on the author's doctoral thesis
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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