TY - GEN T1 - Chieftaincy, the state, and democracy : political legitimacy in post-apartheid South Africa T2 - Book collections on Project MUSE. A1 - Williams, J. Michael, 1954- LA - English PP - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press YR - 2010 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn607554424 AB - As South Africa consolidates its democracy, chieftaincy has remained a controversial and influential institution that has adapted to recent changes. J. Michael Williams examines the chieftaincy and how it has sought to assert its power since the end of apartheid. By taking local-level politics seriously and looking closely at how chiefs negotiate the new political order, Williams takes a position between those who see the chieftaincy as an Indigenous democratic form deserving recognition and protection, a. OP - 282 CN - GN656 .W55 2010eb SN - 9780253004079 SN - 0253004071 SN - 9780253354181 SN - 0253354188 SN - 9780253221551 SN - 0253221552 KW - Chiefdoms : South Africa. KW - Local government : South Africa. KW - Democracy : South Africa. KW - Post-apartheid era : South Africa. KW - South Africa : Social conditions : 1994- KW - South Africa : Politics and government : 1994- KW - Chefferie (Anthropologie) : Afrique du Sud. KW - Administration locale : Afrique du Sud. KW - Ère post-apartheid : Afrique du Sud. KW - Afrique du Sud : Conditions sociales : 1994- KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : General. KW - Chiefdoms KW - Democracy KW - Local government KW - Politics and government KW - Post-apartheid era KW - Social conditions KW - South Africa KW - Politisches System KW - Häuptling KW - Südafrika (Staat) KW - South Africa. KW - Apartheid. KW - Transitional justice. KW - History. KW - Traditional authority. KW - Local government. KW - Democracy. KW - Legitimacy. KW - Politics. KW - Since 1994 ER -