Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance - 9781138714892

Name: Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance - 9781138714892
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African GovernanceAuthor(s): Kidane Mengisteab, Gerard Hagg\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138714892, 978-1138714892\nSynopsis\nMost African economies range from moderately advanced capitalist systems with modern banks and stock markets to peasant and pastoral subsistent systems. Most African countries are also characterized by parallel institutions of governance one is the state sanctioned (formal) system and the other is the traditional system, which is adhered to, primarily but not exclusively, by the segments of the population in the subsistence peasant and pastoral economic systems. \n\nTraditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance examines critical issues that are largely neglected in the literature, including why traditional institutions have remained entrenched, what the socioeconomic implications of fragmented institutional systems are, and whethe.