• Frontmatter,
• Contents,
• Acknowledgments,
• The Theoretical Context and Setting,
• Chapter 1. Perspectives on Reform,
• Chapter 2. Devising the Framework,
• Chapter 3. Ilorin: Revolution, Counterrevolution,
• Chapter 4. A Survey of the Central Bureaucracies,
• Chapter 5. The Subordinate Councils,
• Chapter 6. The Position of the Emirs,
• Chapter 7. An Anatomy of Parliamentary Leadership,
• Chapter 8. The Dynamics of Political Parties,
• Chapter 9. Popular Elections and Neman Sarautu: A Case of Institutional Convergence,
• Chapter 10. Conclusion,
• Appendix A. A Selected Biographical Directory of Northern Nigerian Political Leaders: 1946-1966,
• Appendix B. The Native Authorities (Customary Presents) Orders Publication Notice, 1955,
• Appendix C. Questions for Administration Officers on Certain Aspects of the Development of Native Authorities,
• Selected Bibliography,
• Index,

Taking Northern Nigeria during the years 1946 to 1966 as an example, Professor Whitaker shows how modern institutions-parliamentary representation, a cabinet system, popular suffrage, and political parties-were introduced and how they resulted not in a displacement of tradition but in an astute absorption by traditional forces.
Originally published in 1970.
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