Nigerian Chiefs - Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s

An analysis of how traditional power structures in Nigeria have survived the forces of colonialism and the modernization processes of postcolonial regimes.

List of contents

List of Maps
List of Tables
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
2. Colonial Distortions: Indirect Rule on Oyo Province
3. Chieftaincy and Political Reforms in Late Colonialism
4. The Politics of Decolonization
5. Chieftaincy and the Crisis of Regionalism
6. Military Rule: Chieftaincy, Regionalism, and Grassroots Politics
7. Military Reforms: The Rationalization of Chieftaincy Structures
8. The Politicians' Interregnum
9. The Return of Military Rule
10. Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Summary

An analysis of how traditional power structures in Nigeria have survived the forces of colonialism and the modernization processes of postcolonial regimes.

Product details

• Authors: Olufemi Vaughan, Olufemi (Royalty Account) Vaughan
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.2006
• EAN: 9781580462495
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-249-5
• No. of pages: 310
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education