Succession to High Office

by Jack Goody

Book Overview

Positions of authority in any society are limited in number, and therefore rules of selection must operate in their recruitment. There must also be limitations upon the range of authority exercised. These problems are particularly acute in the case of high office, where the questions of recruitment and succession are of central importance. This 1979 volume provides a general and theoretical analysis of succession in different traditional African societies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052129732X
• ISBN13: 9780521297325
• Release Date: October 1979
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"