The Politics of Tradition : : Continuity and Change in Northern Nigeria, 1946-1966 / / C. Sylvester Whitaker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Whitaker, C. Sylvester,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1970
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Center for International Studies, Princeton University ; 1673
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (578 p.)

Taking Northern Nigeria during the years 1946 to 1966 as an example, Professor Whitaker shows how modern institutions-parliamentary representation, a cabinet system, popular suffrage, and political parties-were introduced and how they resulted not in a displacement of tradition but in an astute abso...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• The Theoretical Context and Setting
• Part One. The Path of Reform
• Chapter 1. Perspectives on Reform
• Chapter 2. Devising the Framework
• Chapter 3. Ilorin: Revolution, Counterrevolution
• Part Two. The Local System in Action
• Chapter 4. A Survey of the Central Bureaucracies
• Chapter 5. The Subordinate Councils
• Chapter 6. The Position of the Emirs
• Part Three. Dynamics of Regional Politics
• Chapter 7. An Anatomy of Parliamentary Leadership
• Chapter 8. The Dynamics of Political Parties
• Chapter 9. Popular Elections and Neman Sarautu: A Case of Institutional Convergence
• Chapter 10. Conclusion
• Appendices
• Appendix A. A Selected Biographical Directory of Northern Nigerian Political Leaders: 1946-1966
• Appendix B. The Native Authorities (Customary Presents) Orders Publication Notice, 1955
• Appendix C. Questions for Administration Officers on Certain Aspects of the Development of Native Authorities
• Selected Bibliography
• Index