Political Change in a West African State : : A Study of the Modernization Process in Sierra Leone / / Martin Kilson.

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©1966
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2014
Language:English
Series:Publications Written Under the Auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
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Physical Description:1 online resource (301 p.) :; 14 halftones, 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I - The Establishment of Colonial Rule
  • Modern Colonialism and British Rule in Sierra Leone, 1896 1937
  • Politics and Functioning of the Native Administration System, 1937-1949
  • Part II - Social Change and Colonial Modernization
  • The Framework of Social Change in Sierra Leone
  • Transformation of the Traditional Elite
  • Emergence of the New Elite
  • Part III - Colonial Constitutional Change
  • The Political Context of Constitutional Change, 1863-1931
  • The Making of the 1924 Constitution
  • Constitutional Change and African Interests, 1924-1945
  • Postwar Advances, 1946-1951
  • Decolonization and Self-Government, 1951-1961
  • Part IV - Postwar Local Government and Political Change
  • Populist Forces in Local Political Change
  • Postwar Native Administration
  • The Politics of District Councils
  • Part V - Party Politics
  • Background of Sierra Leonean Political Parties
  • Power and Influence in Sierra Leonean Parties
  • Dynamics of Party Politics
  • Conclusion: The Nature of African Political Change
  • Selected Bibliography. Index