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Local power in France and Nigeria compared

The obstacles to a comparative analysis of patterns of local government and/or local administration in France and Nigeria are formidable and emanate from different sources. The first is contextual. Both countries represent radically different political configurations, no matter what variables we employ to measure this (type of political culture, authority and influence patterns, policy processes and performance levels, level of institutional stability and development, etc.). To the extent th...