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Legitimacy and the State in Twentieth-Century Africa

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Terence Ranger

    1. St Antony’s College, Oxford, UK

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  2. Olufemi Vaughan

    1. State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Terence Ranger, Olufemi Vaughan
      Pages 1-28

  4. Legitimacy and the Nationalist Transition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Decolonisation and Legitimation in Nigeria

      • Olufemi Vaughan
      Pages 135-161

    3. The Demise of Indirect Rule in the Emirates of Northern Nigeria

      • A. M. Yakubu
      Pages 162-190

    4. Christianity, Colonial Legitimacy and the Rise of Nationalist Politics in Northern Nigeria

      • Niels Kastfelt
      Pages 191-209

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 263-284
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About this book

This book takes as its theme the ways in which governments legitimate their rule, both to themselves and to their subjects. Its introduction explores legitimacy and pre-colonial states, but the three sections of the book deal with colonial legitimacy, the question of legitimation in the transition from colonialism to majority rule, and the contemporary debate about accountability.

Editors and Affiliations

  • St Antony’s College, Oxford, UK

    Terence Ranger

  • State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA

    Olufemi Vaughan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Legitimacy and the State in Twentieth-Century Africa

  • Editors: Terence Ranger, Olufemi Vaughan

  • Series Title: St Antony's Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12342-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-55078-6Published: 14 June 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-12342-1Published: 15 June 1993

  • Series ISSN: 2633-5964

  • Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 284

  • Topics: Asian History, African History, Political Science, Modern History

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