Nigerian political parties : power in an emergent African nation / Richard L. Sklar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sklar, Richard L., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 2288

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Nigeria.

Political parties.

Nigeria--Politics and government.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (591 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1963.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The development of political parties in Nigeria during the terminal phase of British colonial rule.Originally published in 1963.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

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

CHAPTER I: PROLOGUE: THE SOCIO-POLITICAL SETTING

PART I. THE RISE OF POLITICAL PARTIES

CHAPTER II: NATIONALISM AND THE ROOTS OF PARTISANSHIP IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA

CHAPTER III: REGIONALISM AND THE EMERGENCE OF A THREE-PARTY SYSTEM

PART II. STUDIES IN POWER AND CONFLICT

CHAPTER IV: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA AND THE CAMEROONS (NCNC) ANDTHE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL BANK

CHAPTER V: THE STRUGGLE WITHIN THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA AND THE CAMEROONS

CHAPTER VI: THE ACTION GROUP: GUIDED LIBERALISM

CHAPTER VII: IBADAN-A STUDY OF PARTY CONFLICT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IN WESTERN NIGERIA

CHAPTER VIII: PARTY COMPETITION IN THE NORTHERN REGION

PART III. PARTY STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE

CHAPTER IX: THE OFFICIAL STRUCTURES AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES

CHAPTER X: THE UNOFFICIAL DIMENSION OF PARTY STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER XI: THE SOCIAL BASIS OF THE PARTY-POWER SYSTEM

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-691-65163-9

1-4008-7823-3

OCLC:

927404565