LEADER 03870nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910842094703321 005 20240403192436.0 010 $a1-350-37970-0 010 $a1-350-37968-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350379701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7272996 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7272996 035 $a(OCoLC)1390921531 035 $a(OCoLC)1371653451 035 $a(UkLoBP)BP9781350379701BC 035 $a(CKB)27704268400041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927704268400041 100 $a20240312d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLeadership in Independent Africa, Six Decades On $eThe Blended Representation Principle As a Cause for Afro-Optimism 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cZed Books,$d2024. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing (UK),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (249 pages) 311 $a1-350-37967-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aList of Tables Preface Foreword Acknowledgements About the Author 1. An Overview 2. Analytical Framework 3. Existential Realities 4. Fundamentals of the Leadership and Governance Conundrum 5. Too Blessed to be Chasing the Wind 6. The Concept of BRP 7. Conceptual Interconnections with the ideals of Transerve Leadership 8. Operationalizing BRP 9. Continental Dimensions of BRP: The African Traditional Leadership Union (ATLU) 10. BRP-Inspired Wisdom on the Practice of Democracy in Africa 11. Epilogue: An Alternate Solutions Pathway Notes Bibliography Index 330 $aIn this open access book, Kofi Anani finds ways forward through the Blended Representation Principle (BRP), which stipulates that power be shared between leaders selected on the basis of Western-democratic ideals and leaders chosen on the basis of traditional African norms and conventions. Drawing on his research and professional experience, Anani shows how incorporating the BRP into African leadership and governance thinking would encourage more voluntary public participation in politics, guarantee transparency and accountability in decision-making, particularly when it comes to the use of public resources, and ultimately encourage more public confidence in leaders. Anani also provides concrete suggestions for how to achieve all this, not through quick fixes, but rather through educational campaigns directed at public officials and through new communities of learning and practice designed to champion the BRP in villages, schools, workplaces, places of worship, and other social organizations. This book is a must-read for all scholars and students of postcolonial governance and leadership, and it is of keen interest to anyone concerned with how Western-style state-making might ultimately find a balance with other, indigenous modes of social organization. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective. 606 $aCentral-local government relations$zAfrica$y20th century 606 $aPolitical leadership$zAfrica$y20th century 606 $aAfrica$2bicssc 606 $aPolitical leaders & leadership$2bicssc 606 $aPolitics & government$2bicssc 607 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 615 0$aCentral-local government relations 615 0$aPolitical leadership 615 7$aAfrica 615 7$aPolitical leaders & leadership 615 7$aPolitics & government 676 $a320.46 700 $aAnani$b Kofi$01732524 801 0$bUkLoBP 801 1$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910842094703321 996 $aLeadership in Independent Africa, Six Decades On$94146864 997 $aUNINA