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Single-Party Systems in West Africa by Miguel Ángel Puerto Fernández is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document provides a summary and critique of a book by W. Arthur Lewis titled "Politics in West Africa". The summary criticizes Lewis for dismissing the single-party system without adequately justifying an alternative like federalism in Nigeria. It also argues that Lewis underestimates the significance of class divisions in West Africa and fails to recognize that his proposed coalition government would essentially be a "vertical coalition of the higher ranks" that could not peacefully come to power give
- Author
- Miguel Ángel Puerto Fernández
- Language
- EN