COMMAND OR CONSENSUS: The Development of Transkeian Local Government - WD Hammond-Tooke

Published by David Philip, 1975

Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Jacket has edgewear and quite a bit of rubbing. Spine is sunned. Otherwise a good copy.

"The main focus is upon the status and function of the location headman in a structure that included magistrate, chief, district councillors and people; and on the conflicts inherent in changing from a traditional system of rule by consensus to one of rule by bureaucratic command. The analysis is made at three stages, the annexation political systems, the Direct Rule system (1894-1955) and the Bantu Authority system. This research is amplified and made vivid by detailed and often lively case histories showing how headmen and others in authority have dealt with situations requiring their arbitration."
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