State Recognition and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa: A New Dawn for Traditional Authorities? (Governance, Security and Development)

state Recognition And Democractization In Sub-saharan Africa Explores The Link Between Liberal-style Democratization And State Recognition Of Traditional Authority In Sub-saharan Africa. Being Critical And Empirically Grounded, The Book Explores The Complex, Often Counter-balancing Consequences Of The Involvement Of Traditional Authority In The Wave Of Democratization And Liberal-style State-building That Has Rolled Over Sub-saharan Africa In The Past Decade. It Scrutinizes How, In Practice, Traditional Leaders Are Being Drawn Into Governance In Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Malawi, Burkina Faso, And The Somali Region Of Ethiopia, And Relates These Developments To State Governance In The Declining Democracy Of Zimbabwe And The Emerging State Of Northern Somalia. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction: Traditional Authority and Democratization in Africa....Pages 1-28 Front Matter....Pages 29-29 Bringing the Sultan Back In: Elders as Peacemakers in Ethiopia’s Somali Region....Pages 31-51 The Ambivalent Role of Chiefs: Rural Decentralization Initiatives in Malawi....Pages 53-78 Chiefs, Policing, and Vigilantes: “Cleaning Up” the Caprivi Borderland of Namibia....Pages 79-104 Traditional Authority in Mozambique: The Legible Space between State and Community....Pages 105-127 Front Matter....Pages 129-129 Traditional Chieftaincy, Party Politics, and Political Violence in Burkina Faso....Pages 131-153 From Pastoral to State Politics: Traditional Authorities in Northern Somalia....Pages 155-182 Traditional Authority: Accountability and Governance in Zimbabwe....Pages 183-207 “Now we are a Town”: Chiefs, Investors, and the State in Zambia’s Western Province....Pages 209-231 Back Matter....Pages 233-241