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Class, Ethnicity and Democracy in Nigeria

The Failure of the First Republic

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Larry Diamond

    1. Hoover Institution, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Larry Diamond
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Origins of Crisis

    • Larry Diamond
    Pages 21-63

  4. Conspiracy of Optimism: Nigeria at Independence

    • Larry Diamond
    Pages 64-92

  5. Crisis and Conflict in the Western Region, 1962–63

    • Larry Diamond
    Pages 93-130

  6. The Census Crisis: 1963–64

    • Larry Diamond
    Pages 131-161

  7. The 1964 General Strike

    • Larry Diamond
    Pages 162-189

  8. The 1964 Federal Election Crisis

    • Larry Diamond
    Pages 190-247

  9. The Western Election Crisis and the National Crisis of Confidence, 1965

    • Larry Diamond
    Pages 248-287

  10. Conclusion: Why the First Republic Failed

    • Larry Diamond
    Pages 288-329

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 330-376
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Hoover Institution, USA

    Larry Diamond

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Class, Ethnicity and Democracy in Nigeria

  • Book Subtitle: The Failure of the First Republic

  • Authors: Larry Diamond

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08080-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

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

  • Copyright Information: Larry Diamond 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-08080-9Published: 25 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 376

  • Topics: African History, Modern History, Democracy

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