State, Class and Underdevelopment in Nigeria and Early Meiji Japan

State, Class and Underdevelopment in Nigeria and Early Meiji Japan
ISBN-10
1349139416
ISBN-13
9781349139415
Category
Political Science
Pages
210
Language
English
Published
2016-07-27
Publisher
Springer
Author
Sakah Saidu Mahmud

Description

This book compares the social processes that explain Japanese development, beginning with the Meiji Restoration in 1868, with similar processes in post-independent Nigeria in its effort to achieve capitalist development. Before the Restoration and independence, both Japan and Nigeria lacked any prospects for further development. Japan, however, pursued fundamental social transformations of society leading to capitalist development, whereas Nigeria, following independence, has lacked any transforming ideals resulting in underdevelopment and social stagnation.

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