Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation

Richard L. Sklar

Africa World Press, 2004 - Political parties - 578 pages

This important work, originally published in 1963, examines the social bases, strategies and structures of Nigerian political parties during the final phase of British colonial rule. As Professor Sklar explains in a new introduction for this edition, the defining characteristics of political parties today have been shaped by the intellectual origins of the independence era parties. This seminal volume is an essential tool for understanding the political and social reality of contemporary Nigeria.

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Contents

• The SocioPolitical Setting: 3
• Nationalism and the Roots of Partisanship in Southern: 41
• Regionalism and the Emergence of a ThreeParty System: 87
• The National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons: 143
• The Struggle within the National Council of Nigeria: 190
• Guided Liberalism: 231
• IbadanA Study of Party Conflict at the Local Level: 284
• Party Competition in the Northern Region: 321
• Political Parties: 379
• The Unofficial Dimension of Party Structure: 442
• The Social Basis of the PartyPower System: 474
• The National Executive Committee of the Northern: 513
• National Officers Principal Advisers: 524
• Bibliography 13: 561

About the author

Richard l. Sklar is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was founding co-chair of the interdepartmental degree program in Development Studies. He is a past president of the African Studies Association (U.S.A) and has taught at several universities in Africa, including the University of Zambia, and as a Fulbright Professor, the University of Zimbabwe. In addition to Nigerian Political Parties, originally published in 1963 and republished in Nigeria in 1983, his published works include Corporate Power in an African State (Zambia), 1975; African Crisis Areas and U.S. Foreign Policy (co edited, 1985); Postimperialism and World Politics (co edited, 1999); African Politics in Postimperial Times: The Essays of Richard L. Sklar (edited by Toyin Falola, 2002), published by Africa World Press.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation
• Author: Richard L. Sklar
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Africa World Press, 2004
• ISBN: 1592212093, 9781592212095
• Length: 578 pages