Editor's Preface -- Contents -- Foreword -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Comparative Politics, History, and Political Anthropology -- Encapsulated Political Systems -- Are the Poor Politically Dangerous? Some Thoughts on Urbanism, Urbanites, and Political Consciousness -- Room for Manoeuvre: The Political Role of Small Towns in East Africa -- Minor Prophets and Yombe Cultural Dynamics -- The Family and Social Change -- Witchcraft in Africa: A Hardy Perennial -- From Segmentary Lineage to Ethnic Association - Luo, Luhya, Ibo, and Others -- Rural Economic Development -- Selected Bibliography of Lucy Mair -- Name Index -- Subject Index.