essay
Legitimacy and coercion in Bena politics and development
Government and rural development in East Africa : essays on political penetration • The Hague • Published In 1977 • Pages: 273-291
By: Swartz, Marc J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Swartz examines the degree to which coercion can be used in the implementation of rural development projects in Benaland. He looks at two Bena institutions: the work party, or MUGOVE, and the BARAZA, or village dispute settlement sessions, in order to ascertain the extent to which coercion is used in both. He argues that although work parties are voluntary and dispute resolutions are non-binding, people tend to participate in the former and comply with the latter, in order not to violate the norms of sociability and possibly be accused of being a witch.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social personality
- Personality traits
- Mutual aid
- Informal in-group justice
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bena
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Njombe District, Iringa Region, Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marc J. Swartz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77369861
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bena (African people)