Goist, Mitchell, and Florian G. Kern. "Traditional institutions and social cooperation: Experimental evidence from the Buganda Kingdom." Research & Politics 5, no. 1(2018)

A number of studies have analyzed traditional political institutions as having significant influence over constituents because they are perceived as legitimate political actors inmost weak states. These traditional actors play a role in mobilizing local communities. Goist and Kern argue that the link between traditional institutions and collective mobilization is not understood, for example in linking traditional institutions with local public goods provision. Their study seeks to find out the casual mechanisms by which contemporary traditional institutions affect social cooperation. The study looks at the Buganda kingdom in Uganda and argues that the traditional leaders act as influential local actors and development actors who leverage their position to provide public goods to their constituents.

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