Grassroots Governance? Chiefs in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean

Traditional leadership is a factor that has long been overlooked in evaluations of rural local government in much of contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. Grassroots Governance?, an interdisciplinary and intercontinental collection, addresses this gap in African scholarship and brings new perspectives on...

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Main Author: Donald I. Ray (Editor) (auth)
Other Authors: P. S. Reddy (Editor) (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: University of Calgary Press 2003
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