1st Edition
Military Regimes and Development A Comparative Analysis in African Societies
By Olatunde Odetola
Copyright 2011
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
First published in 1982, this book aims to examine the role that ruling military governments have played in African development. Dr Odetola discusses military organisational values and skills in modernisation and argues that the evocation and application of these values and skills depends on the character of the leadership of individual ruling juntas, their degree of professional training,... Read more
1. Military Regimes and Development: Contrasting Viewpoints 2. Military Organisational Values and Skills as Modernising Instruments 3. Military and Social Classes 4. Military Nationalism and State Power 5. The Military and National Economy 6. Military Regimes and Political Change 7. Military Regimes, Social Policy and Planning 8. Conclusions
Biography
T.O. Odetola, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Ife.
