Local and District Councils - Should They Be Forgotten

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3201779
AutoresSheridan John, Sheridan Johns, Richard Riley, Richard W Riley
Año1975
Volumen13
Número2
Páginas309-332
Fecha de publicación1975-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x0005309x
OpenAlexW2002981055
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas31

Local and district councils as institutions of democratic representative government have enjoyed a brief and fragile life in Commonwealth Africa. Furthermore, throughout the period of their existence they have never been a priority concern for either colonial rulers, African leaders, or social scientists, and their very existence has been recently challenged. In a number of countries, particularly those which have experienced military take-overs, the councils have been abolished; where they remain in existence they have been transformed with few exceptions into bodies with even more limited powers and autonomy. Nevertheless, their activities, even if greatly curtailed, still offer a focal point for the study of certain questions of representation and administration in the context of political change in independent black Africa

Administration (probate law) · Autonomy · Colonialism · Commonwealth · Context (archaeology) · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Local government · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics) · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Public Administration · South African History and Culture