Sandra T Barnes

Patrons and Power

Creating a Political Community in Metropolitan Lagos

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1986, this urban political ethnography focusses on Mushin, a large suburb of metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria. It explores the mechanisms which bridge the various social categories to bring about political interaction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780367001216
• ISBN-10: 0367001217
• Artikelnr.: 66531178

Autorenporträt

Sandra T. Barnes is Secretary of the American Council of Learned Societies. She is Professor of Anthropology and Founding Director of the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of three books and numerous articles.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Making of Mushin 3. Land and Housing as Sources of
Power 4. The Residential Basis of Leadership 5. The Chieftaincy System 6.
The Consolidation of Leadership 7. The Role of Factions in the Struggle for
Power 8. The Institutionalisation of Power 9. Conclusions