000 01142cam a2200157 4500500
005 20250121104131.0
041 _afre
042 _adc
100 1 0 _aForquilha, Salvador Cadete
_eauthor
245 0 0 _aTraditional chieftaincies and decentralization in Mozambique: Discourses, practices, and local dynamics
260 _c2010.
500 _a99
520 _aIn the context of the 1990s political reforms, Frelimo, the ruling party since the independence of Mozambique in 1975, has changed its political discourse in relation to traditional chieftaincies by associating them with the decentralization process. However, in a context marked by political pluralism and electoral competition, the institutionalization of what are referred to as “community authorities” shows that beneath the discourse about decentralization and local participation lies a struggle for local political space and the use of chieftaincies as political resources.
786 0 _nPolitique africaine | o 117 | 1 | 2010-03-01 | p. 45-61 | 0244-7827
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-politique-africaine-2010-1-page-45?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
999 _c530896
_d530896