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

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitaker, C. S. (C. Sylvester), 1935-2008 (Author)
Corporate Author: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Center of International Studies
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1970.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Northern Nigeria.
Nigeria, Northern > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (578 pages).
ISBN:9781400871766

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