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9780521113410

Councils in Action

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521113410

  • ISBN10:

    0521113415

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-06-18
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

A collection of seven papers by social anthropologists on the processes of decision-making in councils. Types of council described are one community-in-council, two arena councils, an elite council, two modern local government councils and a non-council, a temporary negotiating group which nevertheless displays certain features of the council proper. Most of the examples come from Africa (including Madagascar), but there is also an account of politics and decision-making in an English town council. The editors discuss the papers in a comparative framework, considering also other accounts of conciliar structure and decision-making. They review the ways in which decisions are reached and implemented in societies with very different structures and activities and discuss the impact of written records, colonial overrule and political independence. They attempt to outline some general principles of conciliar structure and process.

Table of Contents

Contributors to this issue
Introductions
The nature of the problem
Council structure and decision-making
Decision-making in Councils among the Merina of Madagascar
Councils among the Central Ibo
The Kgalagari Lekgota
The conciliar system of the Bemba in Northern Zambia
The development of town communities in Ahafo, Western Ghana
Party politics and the processes of local democracy in an English town council
Reaching agreement over Bridewealth in Labwor, Northern Uganda: a case study
Bibliography
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