Democracy and Nigeria’s Fourth Republic : Governance, Political Economy, and Party Politics 1999–2023 /: Governance, Political Economy, and Party Politics 1999–2023. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wale Adebanwi, Jibrin Ibrahim, Browne Onuoha, Adigun Agbaje, Sa'eed Husaini, Aliyu Modibbo Umar, V. Adefemi Isumonah, Matthew Page, Olly Owen, Sarah Burns, Eyene Okpanachi, Nwachukwu Orji, Idayat Hassan, Gbemisola Animasawun.
• Editors: Adebanwi, Wale
• Other Names: Ibrahim, Jibrin contributor.; Professor Onuoha, Browne contributor.; Agbaje, Adigun contributor.; Dr Husaini, Sa'eed contributor.; Dr Umar, Aliyu Modibbo contributor.; Isumonah, V. Adefemi contributor.; Dr Page, Matthew contributor.; Owen, Olly contributor.; Burns, Sarah contributor.; Dr Eyene Okpanachi, Eyene contributor.; Orji, Nwachukwu contributor.; Hassan, Idayat contributor.; Dr Animasawun, Gbemisola contributor.
• Contents: Foreword: Democratization and Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Successes and Challenges; Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State of Nigeria ; ; Nigeria's Fourth Republic: An Introduction; Wale Adebanwi ; ; PART I: DEMOCRACY AND THE NIGERIAN STATE; 1. Reconstructions, Resilience and Relevance: Political Elites and Ethnic Mobilization, 1999-2019; Eghosa E. Osaghae ; 2. Federalism, Constitutional Reform, and the Elusive Quest for "Political Restructuring" in Nigeria's Fourth Republic; Rotimi Suberu ; 3. Democracy in Nigeria: Crises and Consequences of Military Dictatorship; Browne Onuoha ; ; PART II: PARTY POLITICS, THE PRESIDENCY AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; 4. Democratic Regression, Political Parties and the Negation of the Popularity Principle; Jibrin Ibrahim ; 5. A Republic of Dashed Hopes? Party Politics and the Travails of Democracy in Nigeria's Fourth Republic; Adigun Agbaje ; 6. Governing Party Constituency-building in Nigeria's Fourth Republic; Sa'eed Husaini ; 7. Presidential Leadership Styles in the Fourth Republic; Aliyu Modibbo Umar and V. Adefemi Isumonah ; 8. Double Standards or Different Lenses? Comparing US Approaches to the Buhari and Abacha Governments; Matthew T. Page ; ; PART III: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY: OIL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS; 9. We live in the Future: Is Nigeria no longer an Oil State?; Sarah Burns and Olly Owen ; 10. Economic Reforms and Human Development in Post-Military Nigeria: A Critical Assessment; Eyene Okpanachi ; ; PART IV: ELECTORAL GOVERNANCE, CIVIL-POLITICAL SOCIETY AND CONFLICT; 11. The Promise and Problems of Electoral Reforms; Nkwachukwu Orji ; 12. From a Human Rights Movement to Civil Society: Changing Contours of Civic Groups; Idayat Hassan ; 13. Communal Conflicts, State Responses, and Local Peace Infrastructure; Gbemisola Animasawun ; ; Afterword: Nigeria's Long Search for a Viable Political Order; Larry Diamond
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : James Currey
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (416 pages)
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Political economy; African history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800109933; 1800109938
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