The making of modern state & society in Africa / Martin Kilson.

Author/creator Kilson, Martin author.
Format Book
PublicationTrenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, [2026]
Copyright Date©2026
Descriptionxxxi, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9781569029107
ISBN1569029105 (paperback)
ISBN9781569029091 (hardback)
ISBN1569029091 (hardback)

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