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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > democracy and democratization > traditional rule
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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political economy > traditional rule

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traditional rule  

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  • As indicated by F. Nyamnjoh (2003) in the 1950s and 1960s, modernization theorists predicted that traditional rule would soon become outdated and would be replaced by “modern” bureaucratic offices and institutions. Nyamnjoh further contends that even underdevelopment and dependency theorists did not seem to give chiefs and chieftaincy much of a chance; they saw chieftaincy as lacking in mobilizational ability for social and political change. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Traditional Rule]

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