TY - BOOK AU - Buur, Lars. AU - Kyed, Helene Maria. TI - State recognition and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa: a n ew dawn for traditional authorities? SN - 0230600336 (alk. paper) U1 - 320.967 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Central-local government relations KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - Tribal government KW - Chiefdoms KW - Democratization KW - Politics and government KW - 1960- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Traditional authority and democratization in Africa; Helene Mari a Kyed and Lars Buur --; Bringing the sultan back in : elders as peac emakers in Ethiopia's Somali region; Tobias Hagmann --; Ambivalen t role of chiefs : rural decentralization initiatives in Malawi; As iyati Lorraine Chiweza --; Chiefs, policing, and vigilantes : "cleani ng up" the Caprivi borderland of Namibia; Wolfgang Zeller --; Tra ditional authority in Mozambique : the legible space between state and community; Lars Buur and Helene Maria Kyed --; Traditional chieft aincy, party politics, and political violence in Burkina Faso; Sten Hagberg --; From pastoral to state politics : traditional authoritie s in northern Somalia; Markus V. Hèohne --; Traditional authority : accountablility and governance in Zimbabwe; Everisto Mapedza --; "Now we are a town" : chiefs, investors, and the state in Zambia's western province; Wolfgang Zeller ER -