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Democracy compromised : chiefs and the politics of the land in South Africa / by Lungisile Ntsebeza.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ntsebeza, Lungisile.
- Series:
- Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 5.
- Afrika-Studiecentrum series, 1570-9310 ; v. 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chiefdoms--South Africa--Xalanga.
- Chiefdoms.
- Tribal government--South Africa--Xalanga.
- Tribal government.
- Political customs and rites--South Africa--Xalanga.
- Political customs and rites.
- Democracy--South Africa--Xalanga.
- Democracy.
- Xalanga (South Africa)--Politics and government.
- Xalanga (South Africa).
- Xalanga (South Africa)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Brill, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book argues that the promulgation of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework and Communal Land Rights Acts runs the risk of compromising South Africa's democracy. The acts establish traditional councils with land administration powers. These structures are dominated by unelected members.
- Contents:
- List of maps; Abbreviations; FOREWORD; 1 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES, DEMOCRACY AND THE LAND QUESTION: SOME CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 2 THE XHALANGA DISTRICT AND ITS PEOPLE: 1865-1883; 3 THE LAND QUESTION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN XHALANGA: 1883-1924; 4 RURAL LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN XHALANGA IN THE ERA OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES; 5 TRIBAL AUTHORITIES AND THE REVIVAL OF CHIEFTAINSHIP IN XHALANGA; 6 'TSHISA, TSHISA' (BURN, BURN): THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TRIBAL AUTHORITIES INTENSIFIES; 7 THE ERA OF BANTU AUTHORITIES IN THE XHALANGA DISTRICT: A DECENTRALISED DESPOTISM?
- 8 DEMOCRACY COMPROMISED: POST-1994 RETRIBALISATION9 CONCLUSION; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Based on the author's doctoral thesis.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-319) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-86880-5
- 9786610868803
- 1-4294-5354-0
- 90-474-0790-3
- 1-4337-0629-6
- OCLC:
- 476023818
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047407904 DOI
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