Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance - African Governance - Kidane Mengisteab - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9781138714892 - May 30, 2017
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Most African economies range from moderately advanced capitalist systems with modern banks and stock markets to peasant and pastoral subsistent systems. Most African countries are also characterized by parallel institutions of governance ? one is the state sanctioned (formal) system and the other is the traditional system, which is adhered to, primarily but not exclusively, by the segments of the population in the subsistence peasant and pastoral economic systems.

Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance examines critical issues that are largely neglected in the literature, including why traditional institutions have remained entrenched, what the socioeconomic implications of fragmented institutional systems are, and whether they facilitate or impede democratization. The contributors investigate the organizational structure of traditional leadership, the level of adherence of the traditional systems, how dispute resolution, decision-making, and resource allocation are conducted in the traditional system, gender relations in the traditional system, and how the traditional institutions interact with the formal institutions.

Filling a conspicuous gap in the literature on African governance, this book will be of great interest to policy makers as well as students and scholars of African politics, political economy and democratization.

250 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 47 black & white tables, 24 black & white line drawings

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 30, 2017
ISBN13 9781138714892
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 250
Dimensions 241 × 161 × 21 mm   ·   522 g
Language English  
Editor Hagg, Gerard
Editor Mengisteab, Kidane

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