John Naber Paden
Biographic Data
| ID | 240794 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Naber Paden |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Naber |
| FAMILY NAME | Paden |
| SIGNATURE | PADEN J N |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 66 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 66 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Religion and Political Culture in Kano
Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution
The question of whether Islam is compatible with democracy may best be answered not from the classical sources or even from the cauldron of Middle East politics but from the lived experiences of Muslim communities around the world. In large and diverse countries, the varied political values of different cultures can make or break the democratic experiment. Regardless of their cultural context, transitions from military to civilian rule require at…
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Black Africa
Sierra Leone
The ethnic classification of Sierra Leone is done according to the same principles used in the Ivory Coast and Liberia: the groups listed within each of the three major types are identity groups. In addition to these peoples, there are the Fulani (3 percent), the Lokko (3 percent), and the Creole (2 percent). There are also European and Asian populations of 3,000 and 5,000 respectively. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors.…
Cameroon
The Cameroon is a country of great ethnic heterogeneity. Our categorization of this diversity demands a rather high level of abstraction. In judging greater or lesser cultural similarity between groups, it is necessary to ignore variation on specific cultural variables and to define an acceptable range of variation at a level of relatively high generalization. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experiment…
Social Mobilization
All changes in society, whether they be social, economic, or political in nature, involve changes in the values, attitudes, or behaviors of at least some of the individuals who comprise that society. Post World War II history has seen fundamental and pervasive changes in social, political, and economic relations both between and within nations. Africa has been no exception to this phenomenon. In particular, as African nations have shed their colo…
International Relations
The greatest proportion of this book is devoted to descriptions of the geographical, social, cultural, economic and political characteristics of individual Black African states, and to discussions of the potential relevance of such aggregate attributes of national political systems to the explanation of variable patterns of development within them. It is clear, however, that national political systems, especially those Black African countries con…
Equatorial Guinea
The major population group (90 percent) in Rio Muni is Fang. The Bubi on the island of Bioko* are the only other group in the country with more than five percent of the population. both are identity groups. There are small groups of Kombe, Balengue, and Bujeba along the Rio Muni coast. There had been a large Nigerian population (mainly from Eastern Nigeria) working on the plantations on Bioko. They numbered at least 30,000 in 1969, but this numbe…
Kenya
The ethnic classification selected for Kenya is that used by the Kenya census (1962), which states that the groupings were made on the basis of “ethnic, linguistic, and geographical considerations” and involves “somewhat arbitrary” groupings in certain cases. Thus, the Boni and Sanye, who are said to be among the oldest hunting tribes of Kenya, have been placed in their respective groups because of linguistic and geographical considerations. None…
Djibouti
Djibouti’s population is divided between two main ethnic groups, the Issas, who are of Somali origin, and the smaller largely nomadic Afars (Danakie), who are of Ethiopian origin. The Afars comprise 32 percent of the population while the Issas, who are concentrated in the vicinity of the capital, comprise 50 percent of the population. Somalis, Arabs, Europeans, and other foreigners make up the balance of the country’s population. These keywords w…
Mali
The ethnic classification selected for Mali is fairly inclusive. It is largely based on linguistic criteria, although cultural and identity factors strongly reinforce these criteria. The Fulani, Tuareg, and Songhai are identity groups. Within the Mande family, the Dyula are probably of Senufo origin. They have been placed with the Mandé (as was done in the Ivory Coast classification), however, for reasons of language and culture (Muslim). Mali al…
Comparative Analysis of African Nations
A detailed account of comparative methodology or cross-national research in the social sciences is not possible here, although such a work is needed. 1 It is important, however, to indicate the purposes of cross-national research and the possibilities and limitations of such research in Africa. The discussion here is designed primarily to speak to professional social scientists and “Africanists,” some of whom may be either dubious of the value of…
Niger
Although the ethnic groupings for Niger are widely inclusive, they correspond to functioning identity and language groups. These are also the categories recognized by the Niger government. Culturally, all of the groups are relatively similar, since they have all been Muslim for several centuries. There are important ecological differences, however, especially with regard to Fulani pastoralism and Tuareg nomadism. The Tuaregs are estimated at 3 pe…
Tanzania
The ethnic classification of Tanzania is adapted from Murdock (1959) and draws heavily on Moffett (1958). Because of the relative homogeneity in language and culture, despite the considerable number of identity groups, we have used geographical criteria more than usual in combining identity groups into clusters and types at a high level of abstraction. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and t…
Zaire
Vansinas ethnic classification for Zaire, which was the starting point for our classification, distinguishes identity groups, and clusters into broad regions. The regions, however, reflect a high degree of internal cultural variation. The identity groups which we have clustered together are judged to be culturally similar and Q-factor analytic techniques have been used in this determination (for details, see the Ethnic Unit Classification essay i…
Somalia
The Somali peoples of Somalia share a common language and a common culture although the Sab tend to be engaged in sedentary agriculture and the Samaale in nomadic herding. The Samaale and Sab are large-scale clans within the broader Somali identity group. In addition to the Somali there are about 100,000 Bantu speaking Africans who have come to be culturally similar to the Somali, about 42,000 Arabs and Asians, and 6,000 Europeans were counted in…
Uganda
The ethnic classification for Uganda is at a high level of abstraction and does not represent identity groups. In the case of the Eastern and Western Lacustrine clusters, geography is the basic differentiating criterion: it would be possible to combine the groups into the Interlacustrine Bantu. Likewise a Nilotic cluster could be devised at an even higher level of abstraction which would include the Nilote Type, Karamajong Cluster, Gisu Cluster, …
Ethiopia
The ethnic categories for Ethiopia are based on mixed levels of inclusion. In each case the groups comprising the categories are culturally and lingusitically related. The Galla (increasingly referred to as the Oromo), Somali and Afar are identity groups, as are the Amhara-Tigre (excluding the related Gurage and Harati). It should be noted that the Galla, Somali, and Afar have considerable cultural and lingusitic similarities and can be subsumed …
Ivory Coast
Our classification is at a relatively high level of abstraction. It is based primarily on linguistic criteria, as well as historical, ecological, and cultural factors. These seem to be the locally accepted ethno-cultural clusters, and the classification is used both by the Ivory Coast government in official sources, and by Zolberg (1963). The extent to which these clusters form identity groups is unknown. There were 50,000 Frenchmen in the countr…
Gabon
The Gabonese ethnic groups are clustered at a fairly low level of abstraction. All have essentially similar levels of socio-economic development. The major cultural variation is that the southern groups are transitional between the patrilineal belt to the north and the matrilineal belt of the Congo region. Each of the ethnic clusters is locally recognized as an identity group to some extent. In addition to the major units, there are smaller popul…
Guinea-Bissau
Because of the protracted war of liberation in the country there have been severe problems in estimating the ethnic populations. The war caused major dislocations of populations with large numbers of people fleeing to neighboring countries, and the Portuguese, since they did not control many areas in the country, were unable to carry out a complete census in 1970 as they did in their other African colonies. Our estimates are based on 1950 partial…
Liberia
Liberia is an especially difficult country to classify into ethnic units. We have adopted, for the most part, the categories used by the Liberian government. These are based mainly on linguistic criteria. As an example of the complexity in individual cases, the Vai (3 percent) may be cited. They are close linguistically to the Mandingo, but many derive historically and culturally from the Gola. In addition to the units listed, there is a small in…
Gambia
The ethnic classifcation of Gambia is done at a low level of abstraction. All the ethnic categories correspond to functioning identity groups. All speak different languages and have different cultural and historical backgrounds. Most groups probably entered the region within the last six centuries as a result of pressures exerted in their former homelands in contemporary Mali and Senegal. Note that the ethnic group “Diola” is not the same as the …
Botswana
The Tswana (Batswana or Bechuana) share a common language (Sechuana or Setswana) and a common culture, and regard themselves to be part of a single identity group. Within this larger ethnicity, however, there are a number of distinct sub-groups which are distinguished primarily by lineage patterns. The largest of these, according to the 1964 census, are the Bamangwato (216,058), the Bakwena (65,251), the Bangwaketse (71,289), the Batawana (42,347…
Black Africa
Black Africa presents political, economic and social data for 41 black African nations. The first edition was published in 1972 and included only data on 32 countries - which was the total number of i
Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution
The question of whether Islam is compatible with democracy may best be answered not from the classical sources or even from the cauldron of Middle East politics but from the lived experiences of Muslim communities around the world. In large and diverse countries, the varied political values of different cultures can make or break the democratic experiment. Regardless of their cultural context, transitions from military to civilian rule require at…
Black Africa
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Information on African political systems
The African Experience. Vol. I
The African Experience
Information on African political systems
Black Africa
Religion & Political Culture In Kano
Pilgrims in a Strange Land
Values, Identities, and National Integration Empirical Research in Africa
Ahmadu Bello Sardauna of Sokoto
Two Northerners Contrasted in Their Visions of Nigerian Unity
Sierra Leone
The ethnic classification of Sierra Leone is done according to the same principles used in the Ivory Coast and Liberia: the groups listed within each of the three major types are identity groups. In addition to these peoples, there are the Fulani (3 percent), the Lokko (3 percent), and the Creole (2 percent). There are also European and Asian populations of 3,000 and 5,000 respectively. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors.…
Cameroon
The Cameroon is a country of great ethnic heterogeneity. Our categorization of this diversity demands a rather high level of abstraction. In judging greater or lesser cultural similarity between groups, it is necessary to ignore variation on specific cultural variables and to define an acceptable range of variation at a level of relatively high generalization. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experiment…
Social Mobilization
All changes in society, whether they be social, economic, or political in nature, involve changes in the values, attitudes, or behaviors of at least some of the individuals who comprise that society. Post World War II history has seen fundamental and pervasive changes in social, political, and economic relations both between and within nations. Africa has been no exception to this phenomenon. In particular, as African nations have shed their colo…
International Relations
The greatest proportion of this book is devoted to descriptions of the geographical, social, cultural, economic and political characteristics of individual Black African states, and to discussions of the potential relevance of such aggregate attributes of national political systems to the explanation of variable patterns of development within them. It is clear, however, that national political systems, especially those Black African countries con…
Equatorial Guinea
The major population group (90 percent) in Rio Muni is Fang. The Bubi on the island of Bioko* are the only other group in the country with more than five percent of the population. both are identity groups. There are small groups of Kombe, Balengue, and Bujeba along the Rio Muni coast. There had been a large Nigerian population (mainly from Eastern Nigeria) working on the plantations on Bioko. They numbered at least 30,000 in 1969, but this numbe…
Kenya
The ethnic classification selected for Kenya is that used by the Kenya census (1962), which states that the groupings were made on the basis of “ethnic, linguistic, and geographical considerations” and involves “somewhat arbitrary” groupings in certain cases. Thus, the Boni and Sanye, who are said to be among the oldest hunting tribes of Kenya, have been placed in their respective groups because of linguistic and geographical considerations. None…
Djibouti
Djibouti’s population is divided between two main ethnic groups, the Issas, who are of Somali origin, and the smaller largely nomadic Afars (Danakie), who are of Ethiopian origin. The Afars comprise 32 percent of the population while the Issas, who are concentrated in the vicinity of the capital, comprise 50 percent of the population. Somalis, Arabs, Europeans, and other foreigners make up the balance of the country’s population. These keywords w…
Mali
The ethnic classification selected for Mali is fairly inclusive. It is largely based on linguistic criteria, although cultural and identity factors strongly reinforce these criteria. The Fulani, Tuareg, and Songhai are identity groups. Within the Mande family, the Dyula are probably of Senufo origin. They have been placed with the Mandé (as was done in the Ivory Coast classification), however, for reasons of language and culture (Muslim). Mali al…
Comparative Analysis of African Nations
A detailed account of comparative methodology or cross-national research in the social sciences is not possible here, although such a work is needed. 1 It is important, however, to indicate the purposes of cross-national research and the possibilities and limitations of such research in Africa. The discussion here is designed primarily to speak to professional social scientists and “Africanists,” some of whom may be either dubious of the value of…
Niger
Although the ethnic groupings for Niger are widely inclusive, they correspond to functioning identity and language groups. These are also the categories recognized by the Niger government. Culturally, all of the groups are relatively similar, since they have all been Muslim for several centuries. There are important ecological differences, however, especially with regard to Fulani pastoralism and Tuareg nomadism. The Tuaregs are estimated at 3 pe…
Tanzania
The ethnic classification of Tanzania is adapted from Murdock (1959) and draws heavily on Moffett (1958). Because of the relative homogeneity in language and culture, despite the considerable number of identity groups, we have used geographical criteria more than usual in combining identity groups into clusters and types at a high level of abstraction. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and t…
Zaire
Vansinas ethnic classification for Zaire, which was the starting point for our classification, distinguishes identity groups, and clusters into broad regions. The regions, however, reflect a high degree of internal cultural variation. The identity groups which we have clustered together are judged to be culturally similar and Q-factor analytic techniques have been used in this determination (for details, see the Ethnic Unit Classification essay i…
Somalia
The Somali peoples of Somalia share a common language and a common culture although the Sab tend to be engaged in sedentary agriculture and the Samaale in nomadic herding. The Samaale and Sab are large-scale clans within the broader Somali identity group. In addition to the Somali there are about 100,000 Bantu speaking Africans who have come to be culturally similar to the Somali, about 42,000 Arabs and Asians, and 6,000 Europeans were counted in…
Uganda
The ethnic classification for Uganda is at a high level of abstraction and does not represent identity groups. In the case of the Eastern and Western Lacustrine clusters, geography is the basic differentiating criterion: it would be possible to combine the groups into the Interlacustrine Bantu. Likewise a Nilotic cluster could be devised at an even higher level of abstraction which would include the Nilote Type, Karamajong Cluster, Gisu Cluster, …
Ethiopia
The ethnic categories for Ethiopia are based on mixed levels of inclusion. In each case the groups comprising the categories are culturally and lingusitically related. The Galla (increasingly referred to as the Oromo), Somali and Afar are identity groups, as are the Amhara-Tigre (excluding the related Gurage and Harati). It should be noted that the Galla, Somali, and Afar have considerable cultural and lingusitic similarities and can be subsumed …
Ivory Coast
Our classification is at a relatively high level of abstraction. It is based primarily on linguistic criteria, as well as historical, ecological, and cultural factors. These seem to be the locally accepted ethno-cultural clusters, and the classification is used both by the Ivory Coast government in official sources, and by Zolberg (1963). The extent to which these clusters form identity groups is unknown. There were 50,000 Frenchmen in the countr…
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