The making of modern state & society in Africa / Martin Kilson.
| Author/creator | Kilson, Martin author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, [2026] |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xxxi, 463 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Making of modern state and society in Africa |
| Contents | Foreword / by Irving Leonard Markovitz -- African political change and the modernization process -- Social forces in West African political development -- Anatomy of African class consciousness : agrarian populism in Ghana from 1915 to the 1940s and beyond -- The emergent elites of Black Africa, 1900 to 1960 -- Rise of nationalist political parties in Sierra Leone -- Agrarian populist politics and modern local government in Sierra Leone, 1950s-1960s -- Agrarian politics and modern local government in Ghana 1950s-1960s -- Rise of authoritarian African politics -- Cleavage management in African politics : experience of Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana 1950s-1960s -- Note on the character of African autocracy with reference to Ghana -- Political decay and civil society alienation under African autocracy 1980s-1990s -- Political succession under Nigerian autocracy. |
| Abstract | "Addresse[s] the modernization process and political development in African societies. [Kilson] explore[s] the rise of emergent elites and of political parties, as well as the rise of authoritarian African politics and the development of African autocracy"-- Page 4 of cover. |
| General note | "When Martin Kilson died in 2019, he left behind the manuscript that become this book"--Acknowledgements |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9781569029107 |
| ISBN | 1569029105 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781569029091 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1569029091 (hardback) |
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