Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Prologue -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One - Chieftaincy in contemporary perspective -- Introduction -- Areas of Study -- Chiefs and Democracy: Strange bedfellows? -- Research Method -- Organisation of Book -- Chapter Two - Rivalry, resistance and liberation politics in Venda -- Introduction -- A Political History of the Venda -- Chiefs, Government and Politics in Venda (1913 - 1994) -- Chiefs and Liberation Politics in Venda -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three - Chiefs, local government and social change in post-apartheid Tshivhase -- Introduction -- Chiefs and Policy Framework in Postcolonial South Africa -- Chief Tshivhase and Democratic Change -- Traditional Leaders and Civics in the Democratic Era -- Chief Tshihvhase and Public Opinion -- Chieftaincy and Development in Tshivhase -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four - Historical patterns on change and continuity in traditional leadership in Bali -- Introduction -- A Political History of Bali Nyonga -- Galega II in the Post-independence Era (1961-1985) -- Fon Ganyonga and the Democratic Transition in 1990 -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five - Democratic transition and chiefdompolitics in Bali -- Introduction -- Democratic Transition and Local Politics in Bali -- Ganyonga and Chiefs' Politics in the Democratic Era -- Ganyonga and the Anglophone Problem -- Ganyonga and Public Opinion -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six - Chieftaincy and democracy in comparative perspective -- Tshivhase and Bali Compared in the Democratic Era -- Implications for Democratic Transition and the State -- Conclusion -- Appendix One - Genealogy of Tshivhase Chiefs -- Appendix Two - Structure of Traditional Government in Tshivhase -- Appendix Three - Genealogy of Bali-Nyonga Chiefs -- Appendix Four - Structure of Traditional Government in Bali-Nyonga.

End Notes -- References -- Newspapers -- Web sites consulted -- Back Cover.