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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Government in West Africa</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Buah, F. K.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Readwide Publishers</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2005</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
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    <extent>x, 286 p. :  24 cm. ill. (some col.), maps ;</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents: Elements and principles of government: Meaning and scope of government --  Types, forms and ideologies of government -- The citizen, human rights and freedoms -- Meaning and purpose of constitution -- The Executive arm of government -- The national legislature -- The Judiciary -- The Public administration -- The Security services -- Political party system -- Political education and the media -- The electoral system and processes -- Governments in West Africa -- Indigenous governments in Wes Africa -- Colonial rule of West Africa -- Growth of nationalism in British West Africa -- Digging u for our heritage -- Political development in Ghana before independence - Political development in Ghana after independence - Constitutional changes in Nigeria before independence - Political events in Nigeria after independence -- Political developments in Sierra Leone and the Gambia -- Political developments in Cote D'ivoire from 1946 -- West Africa in the community of nations - </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">F.K. Buah.</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Africa, West -- Politics and government</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">JQ2998.A58.B85</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9789988797117</identifier>
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