About the Book and the Authors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Map of Africa II
3. Contents VII
4. Acknowledgments IX
5. INTRODUCTION
6. 1 A Perspective on Scholarship in African Studies 1
7. I CLASS FORMATION AND CULTURAL CONTINUITY IN NIGERIA
8. Map of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1966 11
9. Map of Main Ethnic Groups 12
10. 2 The Contribution of Tribalism to Nationalism in Western Nigeria 13
11. 3 Political Parties and National Integration in Nigeria 23
12. 4 Contradictions in the Nigerian Political System 77
13. 5 Three Perspectives on Hierarchy: Political Thought and Leadership in Northern Nigeria 89
14. 6 Nigerian Politics: The Ordeal of Chief Awolowo 109
15. 7 Nigerian Politics in Perspective 153
16. II CLASS AND CULTURE
17. 8 A Dysrhythmic Process of Political Change 167
18. 9 Political Science and National Integration: A Radical Approach 195
19. 10 The Nature of Class Domination in Africa 205
20. III DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT
21. 11 Second Beginnings: The New Political Framework in Nigeria 225
22. 12 Democracy in Africa 249
23. 13 The Unfinished State of Nigeria 265
24. 14 Reds and Rights: Zimbabwe's Experiment 275
25. 15 Developmental Democracy 285
26. 16 Beyond Capitalism and Socialism in Africa 313
27. 17 Doctrines of Development and Precepts of the State: The World Bank and the Fifth Iteration of the African Case 333
28. CONCLUSION
29. 18 A Coda on Afrocentricity 355
30. Index 363
31. About the Book and the Authors 371