The Cameroon Federation : political integration in a fragmentary society / by Willard R. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Willard R., 1935- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cameroon--Politics and government--1960-1982.

Cameroon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (439 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1970.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The federation of the previously British and French Cameroons has, since 1961, tried to integrate a highly fragmented, bilingual society in which nearly every social cleavage found in Africa was present, including the complication of disparate colonial legacies.Professor Johnson describes the impact of these different colonial legacies on the traditional cultural patterns of Cameroon, attempting to explain the rise of the movement for political reunion among them. He considers the character of the federal union and the Cameroonian leaders' conception of federalism in the light of other experiences with federalism (e.g. the early United States). His conclusions involve the potential importance and limitations of federalism for the new Africa, the role and impact of political rebellion and violence, and the important conceptual distinctions that should be made between processes of political integration and nation-building.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 editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

PART I. Theoretical Considerations

PART II. The Foundations of Unity

PART III. The Integrative Advance

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-64778-X

1-4008-6965-X

OCLC:

933516482