African Politics and Problems of Development

By C.S. Whitaker and Richard L. Sklar

These essays represent the thought of two scholars who have been closely associated with one another and with the field of African political development for more than three decades. Each, in his own way, dissented from the functionalist theory of modernization, which held sway when they began their work in the late 1950s. In their principal books, one of them (Sklar) explored the political implications of social-class formation in Nigeria, while the other (Whitaker) demonstrated the reality of cultural continuity in Nigerian political behaviour and organization. These themes are illustrated in this book in their essays on the independence movement and the post-colonial crises in Nigeria.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555872441
• ISBN13: 9781555872441
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"