Patrons and Power: Creating a Political Community in Metropolitan Lagos

by Sandra T Barnes and Sandra T. Barnes

Book Overview

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. The book traces the development of Mushin from a collection of rural villages to its full status as a political community. It analyses structures and processes and the ways in which, since the 19th century, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367001284
• ISBN13: 9780367001285
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"