Post-1994, South Africa's traditional leaders have fought for recognition, and positioned themselves as major players in the South African political landscape.

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

Reviews recent lessons about decentralized governance and implications for future development programs and policies.

This book argues that the promulgation of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework and Communal Land Rights Acts runs the risk of compromising South

Being critical and empirically grounded, the book explores the complex, often counter-balancing consequences of the involvement of traditional authority in the