African Politics and Problems in Development / / C.S. Whitaker, Richard L. Sklar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Sklar, Richard L.,; Whitaker, C.S.,
• MitwirkendeR: Sklar, Richard L.,; Whitaker, C. S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (371 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Map of Africa --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; INTRODUCTION --; 1 A Perspective on Scholarship in African Studies --; I CLASS FORMATION AND CULTURAL CONTINUITY IN NIGERIA --; Map of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1966 --; Map of Main Ethnic Groups --; 2 The Contribution of Tribalism to Nationalism in Western Nigeria --; 3 Political Parties and National Integration in Nigeria --; 4 Contradictions in the Nigerian Political System --; 5 Three Perspectives on Hierarchy: Political Thought and Leadership in Northern Nigeria --; 6 Nigerian Politics: The Ordeal of Chief Awolowo --; 7 Nigerian Politics in Perspective --; II CLASS AND CULTURE --; 8 A Dysrhythmic Process of Political Change --; 9 Political Science and National Integration: A Radical Approach --; 10 The Nature of Class Domination in Africa --; III DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT --; 11 Second Beginnings: The New Political Framework in Nigeria --; 12 Democracy in Africa --; 13 The Unfinished State of Nigeria --; 14 Reds and Rights: Zimbabwe's Experiment --; 15 Developmental Democracy --; 16 Beyond Capitalism and Socialism in Africa --; 17 Doctrines of Development and Precepts of the State: The World Bank and the Fifth Iteration of the African Case --; CONCLUSION --; 18 A Coda on Afrocentricity --; Index --; About the Book and the Authors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685852597; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685852597
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: C.S. Whitaker, Richard L. Sklar.

These essays are the work of two scholars who have been closely associated with the field of African studies and with one another for more than three decades.