CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. LIST OF TABLES xi
5. CHAPTER I: PROLOGUE: THE SOCIO-POLITICAL SETTING 1
6. PART I. THE RISE OF POLITICAL PARTIES
7. CHAPTER II: NATIONALISM AND THE ROOTS OF PARTISANSHIP IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA 41
8. CHAPTER III: REGIONALISM AND THE EMERGENCE OF A THREE-PARTY SYSTEM 87
9. PART II. STUDIES IN POWER AND CONFLICT
10. CHAPTER IV: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA AND THE CAMEROONS (NCNC) ANDTHE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL BANK 143
11. CHAPTER V: THE STRUGGLE WITHIN THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA AND THE CAMEROONS 190
12. CHAPTER VI: THE ACTION GROUP: GUIDED LIBERALISM 231
13. CHAPTER VII: IBADAN—A STUDY OF PARTY CONFLICT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IN WESTERN NIGERIA 284
14. CHAPTER VIII: PARTY COMPETITION IN THE NORTHERN REGION 321
15. PART III. PARTY STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE
16. CHAPTER IX: THE OFFICIAL STRUCTURES AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES 379
17. CHAPTER X: THE UNOFFICIAL DIMENSION OF PARTY STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION 442
18. CHAPTER XI: THE SOCIAL BASIS OF THE PARTY-POWER SYSTEM 474
19. APPENDIX 513
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 535
21. INDEX 561