State, Class and Underdevelopment in Nigeria and Early Meiji Japan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349139439)

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.

Author: Sakah Saidu Mahmud
ISBN-10: 1349139432
ISBN-13: 9781349139439
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1996
Pages: 210
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d