Nigerian Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nigerian Politics write by Rotimi Ajayi. This book was released on 2020-12-03. Nigerian Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume engages in an in-depth discussion of Nigerian politics. Written by an expert group of Nigerian researchers, the chapters provide an overarching, Afrocentric view of politics in Nigeria, from pre-colonial history to the current federal system. The book begins with a series of historical chapters analyzing the development of Nigeria from its traditional political institutions through the First Republic. After establishing the necessary historical context, the next few chapters shift the focus to specific political institutions and phenomena, including the National Assembly, local government and governance, party politics, and federalism. The remaining chapters discuss issues that continue to affect Nigerian politics: the debt crisis, oil politics in the Niger Delta, military intervention and civil-military relations, as well as nationalism and inter-group relations. Providing an overview of Nigerian politics that encompasses history, economics, and public administration, this volume will be useful to students and researchers interested in African politics, African studies, democracy, development, history, and legislative studies.
Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria
Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria write by Roman Loimeier. This book was released on 2011-08-31. Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 1970s and 1980s were times of political and religious turmoil in Nigeria, characterized by governmental upheaval, and aggressive confrontations between the Sufi brotherhoods and the Izala movement. In Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria, Roman Loimeier explores the intermeshing of religion in the struggle for political influence and preservation of the interests of Nigerian Muslims. Loimeier's careful scholarship combines astute readings of the work of previous scholars--both published and unpublished--with archival material and the findings of his own fieldwork in Nigeria. His work fills a substantial gap in contemporary Nigerian studies. This book provides invaluable and essential reading for serious students of Nigerian politics and of Islamic movements in Africa.
Contemporary Nigerian Politics
Contemporary Nigerian Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Nigerian Politics write by A. Carl LeVan. This book was released on 2019-01-17. Contemporary Nigerian Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 2015, Nigeria's voters cast out the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Here, A. Carl LeVan traces the political vulnerability of Africa's largest party in the face of elite bargains that facilitated a democratic transition in 1999. These 'pacts' enabled electoral competition but ultimately undermined the party's coherence. LeVan also crucially examines the four critical barriers to Nigeria's democratic consolidation: the terrorism of Boko Haram in the northeast, threats of Igbo secession in the southeast, lingering ethnic resentments and rebellions in the Niger Delta, and farmer-pastoralist conflicts. While the PDP unsuccessfully stoked fears about the opposition's ability to stop Boko Haram's terrorism, the opposition built a winning electoral coalition on economic growth, anti-corruption, and electoral integrity. Drawing on extensive interviews with a number of politicians and generals and civilians and voters, he argues that electoral accountability is essential but insufficient for resolving the representational, distributional, and cultural components of these challenges.
Political Spiritualities
Political Spiritualities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Political Spiritualities write by Ruth Marshall. This book was released on 2009-08-01. Political Spiritualities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After an explosion of conversions to Pentecostalism over the past three decades, tens of millions of Nigerians now claim that “Jesus is the answer.” But if Jesus is the answer, what is the question? What led to the movement’s dramatic rise and how can we make sense of its social and political significance? In this ambitiously interdisciplinary study, Ruth Marshall draws on years of fieldwork and grapples with a host of important thinkers—including Foucault, Agamben, Arendt, and Benjamin—to answer these questions. To account for the movement’s success, Marshall explores how Pentecostalism presents the experience of being born again as a chance for Nigerians to realize the promises of political and religious salvation made during the colonial and postcolonial eras. Her astute analysis of this religious trend sheds light on Nigeria’s contemporary politics, postcolonial statecraft, and the everyday struggles of ordinary citizens coping with poverty, corruption, and inequality. Pentecostalism’s rise is truly global, and Political Spiritualities persuasively argues that Nigeria is a key case in this phenomenon while calling for new ways of thinking about the place of religion in contemporary politics.
Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria
Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria write by S. Adejumobi. This book was released on 2010-12-20. Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited collection is the product of a National Research Working Group (NRWG) established by Said Adejumobi and supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). It analyzes the progress made in Nigeria since the return to democratic rule in 1999 and the prospects of democratic consolidation in the country.
