Leopards and Leaders: Constitutional Politics among a Cross River People - Brossura

Ruel, Malcolm

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0415758793 ISBN 13: 9780415758796

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2014

Riassunto

This study of politics and government among a West African people, the Banyang of the Upper Cross River, covers the end of the period of Colonial administration. The book:
· Shows the inter-relationship between the structure of the small forest communities and the highly autonomous processes by which they were governed
· Analyses the relationship between residence and common descent as principles of corporate grouping
· Includes a case study of the political struggle involved in one community's claims to independence.
Originally published in 1969.

Su questo libro

Contenuti:

1. Introductory: The Banyang People

Part 1: the Morphology of the Complex Community

2. The Banyang Community

3. The Community and Common Descent

4. Community Constitution and the Colonial Administration

Part 2: Processes of Government

5. The Nature of Community Authority

6. Judicial Processes

7. Other Governmental Processes

8. Limitations upon the Corporate Structure of the Community

Part 3: The Role of the Associations

9. Traditional Associations

10. Ngbe

11. Modern Associations and the clan Unions

Part 4: Processes of Group Formation

12. Genealogical Growth and the Formation of New Residential Groups

13. The Processes of constitutional Politics: the Tali Split

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0415758793
• ISBN 13: 9780415758796
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 380