The Resource The paradox of traditional chiefs in democratic Africa, Kate Baldwin, Yale University, (electronic resource)
The paradox of traditional chiefs in democratic Africa, Kate Baldwin, Yale University, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- The Paradox of Traditional Chiefs in Democratic Africa shows that unelected traditional leaders can facilitate democratic responsiveness. Ironically, chiefs' undemocratic character gives them a capacity to organize responses to rural problems that elected politicians and state institutions lack. Specifically, chiefs' longer time horizons encourage investment in local institutions that enable the provision of local public goods. This is the paradox of traditional chiefs in democratic Africa: elected politicians can only effectively respond to rural constituents through institutions constructed and maintained by local leaders who are not worried about electoral terms. Furthermore, the critical role played by chiefs in brokering local development projects forces us to reassess how we understand the basis of their political influence during elections. The book examines the effects of traditional leaders on the electoral connection in Africa through a multi-method approach that combines qualitative research, surveys, and experiments, with particular attention to the Zambian case.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 237 pages)
- Contents
-
- Chiefs and local public goods provision
- Electoral king makers
- Chiefs and the voter's calculus.
- Section 3.
- Traditional leaders in Africa and beyond.
- Chiefs and government responsiveness across Africa
- Development brokers revisited.
- Appendix A.
- Construction of cross-national measures of chief's power
- Appendix B.
- Section 1.
- List of interviews and interview protocols
- Appendix C.
- Data set on local public goods provision and absent chiefs
- Appendix D.
- Survey of chiefs and chiefdom level data set
- Appendix E.
- Household survey and experiment.
- Chiefs as development brokers
- Toward a new theory of chiefs.
- The paradox of chiefs
- Conceptualizing chiefs
- Traditional leaders and democracy
- Section 2.
- Chiefs, development and elections in Zambia.
- Introduction to Zambia
- Isbn
- 9781107127333
- Label
- The paradox of traditional chiefs in democratic Africa
- Title
- The paradox of traditional chiefs in democratic Africa
- Statement of responsibility
- Kate Baldwin, Yale University
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Paradox of Traditional Chiefs in Democratic Africa shows that unelected traditional leaders can facilitate democratic responsiveness. Ironically, chiefs' undemocratic character gives them a capacity to organize responses to rural problems that elected politicians and state institutions lack. Specifically, chiefs' longer time horizons encourage investment in local institutions that enable the provision of local public goods. This is the paradox of traditional chiefs in democratic Africa: elected politicians can only effectively respond to rural constituents through institutions constructed and maintained by local leaders who are not worried about electoral terms. Furthermore, the critical role played by chiefs in brokering local development projects forces us to reassess how we understand the basis of their political influence during elections. The book examines the effects of traditional leaders on the electoral connection in Africa through a multi-method approach that combines qualitative research, surveys, and experiments, with particular attention to the Zambian case.--
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- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Baldwin, Kate
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Central-local government relations
- Central-local government relations
- Chiefdoms
- Chiefdoms
- Local government
- Local government
- Democratization
- Democratization
- Label
- The paradox of traditional chiefs in democratic Africa, Kate Baldwin, Yale University, (electronic resource)
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- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Chiefs and local public goods provision
- Electoral king makers
- Chiefs and the voter's calculus.
- Section 3.
- Traditional leaders in Africa and beyond.
- Chiefs and government responsiveness across Africa
- Development brokers revisited.
- Appendix A.
- Construction of cross-national measures of chief's power
- Appendix B.
- Section 1.
- List of interviews and interview protocols
- Appendix C.
- Data set on local public goods provision and absent chiefs
- Appendix D.
- Survey of chiefs and chiefdom level data set
- Appendix E.
- Household survey and experiment.
- Chiefs as development brokers
- Toward a new theory of chiefs.
- The paradox of chiefs
- Conceptualizing chiefs
- Traditional leaders and democracy
- Section 2.
- Chiefs, development and elections in Zambia.
- Introduction to Zambia
- Control code
- CR9781316422335
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 237 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781107127333
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)941030972
- Label
- The paradox of traditional chiefs in democratic Africa, Kate Baldwin, Yale University, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Chiefs and local public goods provision
- Electoral king makers
- Chiefs and the voter's calculus.
- Section 3.
- Traditional leaders in Africa and beyond.
- Chiefs and government responsiveness across Africa
- Development brokers revisited.
- Appendix A.
- Construction of cross-national measures of chief's power
- Appendix B.
- Section 1.
- List of interviews and interview protocols
- Appendix C.
- Data set on local public goods provision and absent chiefs
- Appendix D.
- Survey of chiefs and chiefdom level data set
- Appendix E.
- Household survey and experiment.
- Chiefs as development brokers
- Toward a new theory of chiefs.
- The paradox of chiefs
- Conceptualizing chiefs
- Traditional leaders and democracy
- Section 2.
- Chiefs, development and elections in Zambia.
- Introduction to Zambia
- Control code
- CR9781316422335
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 237 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781107127333
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)941030972
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