TY - BOOK ID - 85466315 TI - Dealing with government in South Sudan : histories of chiefship, community & state AU - Leonardi, Cherry. AU - British Institute in Eastern Africa PY - 2013 SN - 1782040870 1847010679 1847011144 PB - Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Currey, DB - UniCat KW - Chiefdoms KW - Chieftaincies KW - Chieftainships KW - Political anthropology KW - Sudan KW - Politics and government. KW - History. KW - South Sudan KW - Republic of South Sudan KW - Southern Sudan KW - Suid-Soedan KW - Republiek van Suid-Soedan KW - Südsudan KW - جنوب السودان KW - Janūb al-Sudān KW - Sudán d'o Sud KW - Sudán del Sur KW - República de Sudán del Sur KW - Югалъулаб Судан KW - I︠U︡galʺulab Sudan KW - Cänubi Sudan KW - Lâm Sudan KW - Lâm Sudan Kiōng-hô-kok KW - Паўднёвы Судан KW - Paŭdni︠o︡vy Sudan KW - Рэспубліка Паўднёвы Судан KW - Rėspublika Paŭdni︠o︡vy Sudan KW - Habagatan Sudan KW - Republika nin Habagatan Sudan KW - Južni Sudan KW - Republika Južni Sudan KW - Džanūb as-Sūdān KW - Soudan ar Su KW - Susoudan KW - Republik Soudan ar Su KW - Южен Судан KW - I︠U︡zhen Sudan KW - Република Южен Судан KW - Republika I︠U︡zhen Sudan KW - Sudan del Sud KW - República del Sudan del Sud KW - Кăнтăр Судан KW - Kăntăr Sudan KW - Jižní Súdán KW - Republika Jižní Súdán KW - De Sudan KW - Sydsudan KW - Republikken Sydsudan KW - Republik Südsudan KW - Shádiʼááhjí Soodą́ą KW - Lõuna-Sudaan KW - Lõuna-Sudaani Vabariik KW - Νότιο Σουδάν KW - Notio Soudan KW - Δημοκρατία του Νότιου Σουδάν KW - Dēmokratia tou Notiou Soudan KW - Sud-Sudano KW - Suda Sudano KW - Sudán del Sul KW - Hego Sudan KW - Hego Sudango Errepublika KW - Suðursudan KW - Lýðveldið Suðursudan KW - Soudan du Sud KW - République du Soudan du Sud KW - Sud-Soudan KW - Súd-Sûdan KW - Súdáin Theas KW - Poblacht na Súdáine Theas KW - Toodaan Yiass KW - Pobblaght ny Soodaan Jiass KW - Sudan-a-Deas KW - Sudán do Sur KW - República de Sudán do Sur KW - Sudan Selatan KW - Republik Sudan Selatan KW - Suður-Súdan KW - Lýðveldið Suður-Súdan KW - Sudan Meridionale KW - דרום סודאן KW - Derom Sudan KW - Darom Sudan KW - Etelä-Sudan KW - Southern Sudan (Sudan) KW - Chiefship. KW - Colonial. KW - Community. KW - Governance. KW - Government. KW - Independence. KW - Military rule. KW - Postcolonial. KW - South Sudan. KW - State. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85466315 AB - South Sudan became Africa's newest nation in 2011, following decades of armed conflict. Chiefs - or 'traditional authorities' - became a particular focus of attention during the international relief effort and post-war reconstruction and state-building. But 'traditional' authority in South Sudan has been much misunderstood. Institutions of chiefship were created during the colonial period but originated out of a much longer process of dealing with predatory external forces. This book addresses a significant paradox in African studies more widely: if chiefs were the product of colonial states, why have they survived or revived in recent decades? By examining the long-term history of chiefship in the vicinity of three towns, the book also argues for a new approach to the history of towns in South Sudan. Towns have previously been analysed as the loci of alien state power, yet the book demonstrates that these government centres formed an expanding urban frontier, on which people actively sought knowledge and resources of the state. Chiefs mediated relations on and across this frontier, and in the process chiefship became central to constituting both the state and local communities. Cherry Leonardi is a Lecturer in African History at the University of Durham, a former course director of the Rift Valley Institute's Sudan course, and a member of the council of the British Institute in Eastern Africa. Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa. ER -