The development of political parties in Nigeria during the terminal phase of British colonial rule.

Originally published in 1963.

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Richard L. Sklar

• Frontmatter,
• PREFACE,
• CONTENTS,
• LIST OF TABLES,
• CHAPTER I: PROLOGUE: THE SOCIO-POLITICAL SETTING,
• CHAPTER II: NATIONALISM AND THE ROOTS OF PARTISANSHIP IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA,
• CHAPTER III: REGIONALISM AND THE EMERGENCE OF A THREE-PARTY SYSTEM,
• CHAPTER IV: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA AND THE CAMEROONS (NCNC) ANDTHE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL BANK,
• CHAPTER V: THE STRUGGLE WITHIN THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA AND THE CAMEROONS,
• CHAPTER VI: THE ACTION GROUP: GUIDED LIBERALISM,
• CHAPTER VII: IBADAN-A STUDY OF PARTY CONFLICT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IN WESTERN NIGERIA,
• CHAPTER VIII: PARTY COMPETITION IN THE NORTHERN REGION,
• CHAPTER IX: THE OFFICIAL STRUCTURES AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES,
• CHAPTER X: THE UNOFFICIAL DIMENSION OF PARTY STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION,
• CHAPTER XI: THE SOCIAL BASIS OF THE PARTY-POWER SYSTEM,
• APPENDIX,
• BIBLIOGRAPHY,
• INDEX,