The Politics of Tradition: Continuity and Change in Northern Nigeria, 1946-1966

✍ Scribed by C. Sylvester Whitaker

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 576
• Series: Center for International Studies, Princeton University; 1673
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 absorption by traditional forces.

Originally published in 1970.

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✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
The Theoretical Context and Setting
Part 1: The Path of Reform
Part 2: The Local System in Action
Part 3: Dynamics of Regional Politics
Appendices
Bibliography
Index