
Reinventing African Chieftaincy in the Age of AIDS, Gender, Governance, and Development
University of Calgary Press
Published on 28. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
720 pages
978-1-55238-498-5 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays examines the relatively new, and frequently overlooked, political phenomenon in post-colonial Africa of chieftaincy ""re-inventing"" itself.
The traditional authority of chiefs has been one of Africa's missing voices who are now bringing new resources to the challenges that AIDS, gender, governance, and development pose to the peoples of Africa. Reinventing African Chieftaincy in the Age of AIDS, Gender, Governance, and Development presents new research in Ghana, Botswana, and South Africa, providing the broadest geographic African coverage on the topic of African chieftaincy.
The nineteen authors, many of them emerging scholars from Africa, are all members of the Traditional Authority Applied Research Network (TAARN). Their essays give critical insight into the transformation processes of chieftaincy from the end of the colonial/apartheid periods to the present.
They also examine the realities of male and female traditional leaders in reinventing their legitimacy and their political offices in the age of great social and political unrest, health issues and governance and development challenges.
The traditional authority of chiefs has been one of Africa's missing voices who are now bringing new resources to the challenges that AIDS, gender, governance, and development pose to the peoples of Africa. Reinventing African Chieftaincy in the Age of AIDS, Gender, Governance, and Development presents new research in Ghana, Botswana, and South Africa, providing the broadest geographic African coverage on the topic of African chieftaincy.
The nineteen authors, many of them emerging scholars from Africa, are all members of the Traditional Authority Applied Research Network (TAARN). Their essays give critical insight into the transformation processes of chieftaincy from the end of the colonial/apartheid periods to the present.
They also examine the realities of male and female traditional leaders in reinventing their legitimacy and their political offices in the age of great social and political unrest, health issues and governance and development challenges.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Calgary
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
53 black & white photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1024 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55238-498-5 (9781552384985)
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Persons
Donald Ray teaches comparative politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. He is the International Coordinator of the Traditional Authority Applied Research Network (TAARN). He has published extensively on the topics of African politics, state-chief relations in Africa, the politics and policies of development, and political responses to change. Tim Quinlan is the research director of the Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Keshav Sharma is a professor in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Botswana in South Africa. Tacita Clarke works in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. Donald Ray teaches comparative politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. He is the International Coordinator of the Traditional Authority Applied Research Network (TAARN). He has published extensively on the topics of African politics, state-chief relations in Africa, the politics and policies of development, and political responses to change.
Content
Introduction; Wolf Management Across Europe: Species Conservation without Boundaries; Ecological & Social Constraints of Wolf Recovery in Spain; Gray Wolf Conservation in the Great Lakes Region of the United States; The Art of Wolf Restoration in the Northwestern United States: Where to Now?; Ethical Reflections on Wolf Recovery & Conservation: A Practical Approach for Making Room for Wolves; Compensation & Non-Lethal Deterrent Programs: Building Tolerance for Wolf Restoration in the Rockies; Education as a Conservation Strategy: Exploring Perspective Transformation; Working with People to Achieve Wolf Conservation in Europe & North America; Index.