Frontmatter -- Editor's Preface -- Foreword / FORTES, MEYER -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction / OWUSU, MAXWELL -- Comparative Politics, History, and Political Anthropology / OWUSU, MAXWELL -- Encapsulated Political Systems / OTITE, ONTGU -- Are the Poor Politically Dangerous? Some Thoughts on Urbanism, Urbanites, and Political Consciousness / GUTKIND, PETER C. W. -- Room for Manoeuvre: The Political Role of Small Towns in East Africa / VINCENT, JOAN -- Minor Prophets and Yombe Cultural Dynamics / BOND, GEORGE -- The Family and Social Change / NUKUNYA, G. K. -- Witchcraft in Africa: A Hardy Perennial / BRAIN, JAMES L. -- From Segmentary Lineage to Ethnic Association — Luo, Luhya, Ibo, and Others / SOUTHALL, AIDAN -- Rural Economic Development / ALUKO, S. A. -- Selected Bibliography of Lucy Mair -- Name Index -- Subject Index