Kate Baldwin

The Paradox of Traditional Chiefs in Democratic Africa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows that powerful hereditary chiefs do not undermine democracy in Africa but, on some level, facilitate it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781107127333
• ISBN-10: 1107127335
• Artikelnr.: 42967602

Autorenporträt

Kate Baldwin is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University, Connecticut. She has conducted field research in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Her work has been published in leading journals in political science, including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, World Politics, and Comparative Politics. An article based on the research in this book won the award for the best article published in the American Journal of Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Toward a New Theory of Chiefs: 1. The paradox of chiefs
2. Conceptualizing chiefs
3. Traditional leaders and democracy
4. Chiefs as development brokers
Part II. Chiefs, Development, and Elections in Zambia: 5. Introduction to Zambia
6. Chiefs and local public goods provision
7. Electoral king makers
8. Chiefs and the voter's calculus
Part III. Traditional Leaders in Africa and Beyond: 9. Chiefs and government responsiveness across Africa
10. Development brokers revisited.