Traditional institutions of governance: legitimate partners in governance or democracy compromised?
SOURCE: State of the Nation: South Africa: 2012-2013
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Hagg, H.Kanyane
SOURCE EDITOR(S): F.Nyamnjoh, U.Pillay, G.Hagg, J.Jansen
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE, TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7656
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3037
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3037
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Hagg, H.Kanyane
SOURCE EDITOR(S): F.Nyamnjoh, U.Pillay, G.Hagg, J.Jansen
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE, TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7656
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3037
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3037
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Abstract
This chapter addresses the relationship between traditional and modern institutions of governance and the desirability and feasibility of accepting traditional institutions as partners in democratic governance. The chapter is divided into three parts. In the first part, the current constitutional and legislative positions of traditional institutions are discussed. The second part analyses the different positions and responses of both the traditional institutions and their critics. In the concluding section, an argument is made for the need to reconcile traditional and modern institutions of governance, including the conditions for such an approach to be successful.-
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