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123 Dr. Werlin contends that the British left behind a modern structure of municipal government upon which the Africans could build, and expresses disappointment that the inheritors have failed to adopt the management techniques that have been placed at their disposal. But because he does not extend his analysis beyond the administrative framework of Nairobi govern- ment, he fails to consider the other legacies of colonialism, such as the landless and dispossessed who have migrated in such vast numbers to an already over- burdened urban environment. The author concludes that the future of democracy in Nairobi rests with the ability of the administrators to adopt measures that permit "elasticity", and thus effectiveness, of control, before the problems they confront are so overwhelming that the choice is only between chaos and authoritarianism. He does not appear optimistic. University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas SUSAN GREENBAUM BOOK REVIEWS Emily M. Ahern, The Cult of the Dead in a Chinese Village. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1973, pp. 280, $ 10.00. As its title indicates, this monograph concerns the institutions associated with the care, management and honoring of the dead in a Hokkien-speaking village near Taipei. In this cult of the dead, Dr.
Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1976
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