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Author Mengisteab, Kidane

Title Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (251 pages)
Series African Governance
African governance.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; 1 Institutional fragmentation in Africa and its implications; 2 Leadership structures and adherence levels of traditional institutions; 3 Traditional institutions of governance in a democratic South Africa; 4 Traditional institutions of the Booranaa and the Nuer in Ethiopia; 5 Traditional institutions in Somaliland; 6 Traditional institutions of the Gurage people; 7 Traditional institutions of the Meru, Pokot, and Mijikenda communities in Kenya
8 Eritrea's experience in reconciling the formal and traditional institutions in its judicial system9 The relevance of Lesotho's chieftainship system to contemporary governance; 10 "Civil chieftaincy" in African governance; 11 Relevance of traditional institutions and how they might be reconciled with the formal institutions; 12 Conclusion: lessons learned and policy implications; Bibliography; Index
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Subject Customary law -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Public administration -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Customary law
Politics and government
Public administration
SUBJECT Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Sub-Saharan Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Hagg, Gerard
ISBN 9781351854641
135185464X