Chieftaincy, the state, and democracy : political legitimacy in post-apartheid South Africa /

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Author / Creator:	Williams, J. Michael, 1954-
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) : map
Language:	English
Subject:	Chiefdoms -- South Africa. Local government -- South Africa. Democracy -- South Africa. Post-apartheid era -- South Africa. Chiefdoms. Democracy. Local government. Politics and government. Post-apartheid era. Social conditions. South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1994- South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994- South Africa. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208752

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ISBN:	9780253004079 0253004071 9780253354181 0253354188 9780253221551 0253221552
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Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	As South Africa consolidates its democracy, chieftaincy has remained a controversial and influential institution that has adapted to recent changes. J. Michael Williams examines the chieftaincy and how it has sought to assert its power since the end of apartheid. By taking local-level politics seriously and looking closely at how chiefs negotiate the new political order, Williams takes a position between those who see the chieftaincy as an indigenous democratic form deserving recognition and protection, a.
Other form:	Print version: Williams, J. Michael, 1954- Chieftaincy, the state, and democracy. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010 9780253354181
Standard no.:	9786612539916

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Chieftaincy, the State, and the Desire to Dominate; 2. "The Binding Together of the People": The Historical Development of the Chieftaincy and the Principle of Unity; 3. The Making of a Mixed Polity: The Accommodation and Transformation of the Chieftaincy; 4. The Contested Nature of Politics, Democracy, and Rights in Rural South Africa; 5. The Chieftaincy and the Establishment of Local Government: Multiple Boundaries and the Ambiguities of Representation; 6. The Chieftaincy and Development: Expanding the Parameters of Tradition.

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