Public Administration and the Conduct of Community Affairs Among the Yoruba in Nigeria

by Ayo, S. Bamidele, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781558155237
• ISBN10: 1558155236
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Ics Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	v
Note from the Publisher	xi
Foreword	xv
Map of Nigeria	xviii
Introduction	xxi
Public Administration: Old and New	xxi
The Case of Nigeria	xxiv
Focus on the Yoruba	xxv
Who are the Yoruba in Nigeria?	xxvi
Plan of the Book	xxvii
Part I Problems of State Administration and the Need for a Paradigm Shift in the Study of Public Administration
The Failure of State Administration	3	(32)
Pattern of Governance in Africa	4	(1)
Sources of Centralization in Africa	5	(11)
Consequences of Centralization in Africa and Nigeria	16	(19)
The Need to Rethink the Basic Study of Public Administration and the Response of African Scholars	35	(14)
Tocqueville and the Township as the Basic Foundation of Society	35	(2)
Response by African Scholars	37	(12)
Part II The Administration of Community Affairs Among the Yoruba
Configuration of Indigenous Institutional Arrangements	49	(28)
Some Methodological Problems: Kinship and Age-Sets	50	(5)
Kinship in Social Organization	55	(2)
Community Institutions	57	(12)
Property Relationships	69	(7)
Conclusion	76	(1)
Conflict and Conflict Resolution	77	(32)
Boulding's Theory of Conflict	78	(1)
Mary Parker Follett and Conflict Management	79	(1)
Perception of Conflict and Conflict Management	80	(3)
Social Institutions for Conflict Resolution	83	(8)
Categories of Conflict Among the Yoruba	91	(9)
Ode-Omu as a Case Study	100	(8)
Conclusion	108	(1)
Intergenerational Cycle of Life	109	(40)
The Position of the Yoruba Language	112	(3)
Community-Based Institutions and Transmission of Culture	115	(25)
Other Strategies for Enculturation	140	(9)
Guilds and Economic Systems	149	(18)
Adam Smith's Theory of Division of Labor	150	(2)
Crafts in Yorubaland	152	(5)
Modern Crafts: Continuity within Change?	157	(5)
Guilds: Economic Opportunities and Constraints	162	(4)
Conclusion	166	(1)
Market Structures and Exchange Relationships	167	(24)
The Development of Markets	169	(2)
Classification of Markets	171	(13)
The Role of Women in Markets	184	(5)
Conclusion	189	(2)
The Maintenance of Security	191	(16)
Mechanisms for Maintaining Security	193	(1)
Warfare	194	(1)
Traditions of Alile and Hunters' Associations	195	(4)
Quasi-Traditional Mechanisms: Vigilantes	199	(8)
A Renewed Challenge to African Scholars	207	(8)
Back to Basics	211	(4)
Chapter Notes	215	(2)
References	217	(16)
Index	233