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Selected Essays
James Smoot Coleman
Richard L. Sklar
ISBN: 9780520083745
Format: Hardback
Publisher:University of California Press
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The scholarship of James Smoot Coleman exemplifies the fusion of liberal-democratic idealism and scientific realism in African political studies. In this field Coleman was the leading political theorist of his time. This collection of his essays represents the evolution of his thought from deep…
James Smoot Coleman was the leading theorist of his time in African political studies. His work fused liberal-democratic idealism and scientific realism. These essays represent the evolution of his thought, from deep insight into African nationalism, to a refined theory of modernization. The collection is a contribution to the intellectual history of comparative African politics, useful to both scholars and others who grapple with problems in African development.
| ISBN | 0520083741 | | Pages | 380 | | ISBN13 | 9780520083745
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | University of California Press | | Weight (grammes) | 742 | | Imprint | University of California Press | | Published in | Berkerley | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 239 | | Publication date | 12 Oct 1994 | | Width (mm) | 165 | | Library of Congress | JQ1879.A15 | | Spine width (mm) | 28 | | DEWEY | 320.54096 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | |
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| | | Acknowledgments | | | | | | Editorial Note | | | | | | Changes in Country Names | | | | | | Introduction: A Perspective on the Essays | | 1 | | Pt. 1 | | Nationalism and Political Integration in Africa | | | | 1 | | The Role of Tribal Associations in Nigeria | | 15 | | 2 | | Nationalism in Tropical Africa | | 20 | | 3 | | Current Political Movements in Africa | | 48 | | 4 | | The Problem of Political Integration in Emergent Africa | | 67 | | 5 | | The Character and Viability of African Political Systems | | 85 | | 6 | | Tradition and Nationalism in Tropical Africa | | 117 | | Pt. 2 | | Theory in Development Studies | | | | 7 | | The Resurrection of Political Economy | | 155 | | 8 | | Modernization: Political Aspects | | 172 | | 9 | | The Concept of Political Penetration | | 186 | | 10 | | American Political Science and Tropical Africa: Universalism vs. Relativism by James Smoot Coleman and C. R. D. Halisi | | 206 | | Pt. 3 | | Universities and Development in the Third World | | | | 11 | | The Academic Freedom and Responsibilities of Foreign Scholars in African Universities | | 255 | | 12 | | Zaire: The State and the University by James Smoot Coleman and Ndolamb Ngokwey | | 306 | | 13 | | The Idea of the Developmental University | | 334 | | | | Index | | 359 |
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