Buur, Lars
State Recognition of Traditional Authority in Mozambique
Lars Buur is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen. He obtained his PhD in Ethnography and Social Anthropology from Aarhus University, Denmark. He has published widely on truth and reconciliation technologies, and human rights, law and order in South Africa. In 2004 (together with Steffen Jensen) he was guest editor of African Studies, Volume 63.2, Special Issue "Everyday Policing in South Africa".
Helene Maria Kyed is currently a PhD candidate at the Danish Institute for International Studies and at Roskilde University. She has an M.A. honours degree in Ethnography and Social Anthropology from Aarhus University. Her research areas cover decentralisation of government and post-conflict state formation with a specific emphasis on traditional leaders and local forms of justice enforcement and policing. Fieldwork experience covers Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Keywords: Local government, traditional authority, traditional leaders, political participation, government Mozambique
- Author(s)
- Buur, Lars
- Kyed, Helene Maria
- Publisher
- The Nordic Africa Institute
- Publication year
- 2005
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 30 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 91-7106-547-4