State recognition and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa :  a n ew dawn for traditional authorities? / 
edited by Lars Buur and Helen e Maria Kyed. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2007. 
 - xiii, 241 p. ;  22 cm. 
 - Palgrave studies in governance, security, and development .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>  Traditional authority and democratization in Africa /   Bringing the sultan back in : elders as peac emakers in Ethiopia's Somali region /   Ambivalen t role of chiefs : rural decentralization initiatives in Malawi /   Chiefs, policing, and vigilantes : "cleani ng up" the Caprivi borderland of Namibia /   Tra ditional authority in Mozambique : the legible space between state and community /   Traditional chieft aincy, party politics, and political violence in Burkina Faso /   From pastoral to state politics : traditional authoritie s in northern Somalia /   Traditional authority : accountablility and governance in Zimbabwe /   "Now we are a town" : chiefs, investors, and the state in Zambia's western province /   Helene Mari a Kyed and Lars Buur --   Tobias Hagmann --   As iyati Lorraine Chiweza --   Wolfgang Zeller --   Lars Buur and Helene Maria Kyed --   Sten Hagberg --   Markus V. Hèohne --   Everisto Mapedza --   Wolfgang Zeller. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0230600336 (alk. paper) 9780230600331 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007-005362 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Central-local government relations--Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Tribal government--Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Chiefdoms--Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Democratization--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government-- 1960-
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.967