Hegemony and Culture

In this ambitious work, David D. Laitin explores the politics of religious change among the Yoruba of Nigeria, then uses his findings to expand leading theories of ethnic and religious politics.

David D. Laitin is William R. Kenan, Jr. professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He is the author ofPolitics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience, also published by the University of Chicago Press.