Research Catalog

Title

Politics in leadership : a comparative perspective / edited by William A. Shack and Percy S. Cohen.

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1979.

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Additional Authors

• Schapera, Isaac, 1905-
• Shack, William A.
• Cohen, Percy S.

Description

xii, 296 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Tribes
• Leadership
• Comparative government
• Developing countries > Politics and government

Note

• A collection of essays written in honour of I. Schapera.
• "The published works of Isaac Schapera": p. [267]-277.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Cohen, P. S. Introduction.--Lewis, I. M. Kin II-Sung in Somalia : The end of tribalism?--Jones, G. I. Changing leadership in Eastern Nigeria :-- before, during, and after the Colonial period.--Ashton, H. From spears to ploughshares: changes in the political structure of the AmaNdebele.--La Fontaine, J. Land and the political community in Bugisu.--Roberts, S. and Comaroff, J. A chief's decision and the devolution of property in Tswana chiefdom.--Firth, R. The sacredness of Tikopia chiefs.--Shack, W. A. Politics of the free spirit : the sacred and the secular in the Gurage polity.--Gellner, E. State before class : the Soviet treatment of African feudalism.--Morris, H. S. The decline of an aristocracy : economic and political change in Sarawak.--Woodburn, J. Minimal politics : the political organization of the Hadza of North Tanzania.

Call Number

JLD 80-2138

ISBN

0198231938

LCCN

78041116

OCLC

• 4642102
• NYPG804472520-B

Title

Politics in leadership : a comparative perspective / edited by William A. Shack and Percy S. Cohen.

Imprint

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1979.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Schapera, Isaac, 1905-

Shack, William A.

Cohen, Percy S.

Research Call Number

JLD 80-2138