Adigun Agbaje
Biographic Data
| ID | 1415044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adigun Agbaje |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adigun |
| FAMILY NAME | Agbaje |
| SIGNATURE | AGBAJE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ibadan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Nigeria's ruling party: A complex web of power and money
Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party, which won the legislative and presidential elections in that country in 2007, has its roots deep in the bation's murky military past. Despite flying the flag of democracy, it continues to frustrate the democratic process, preferring to indulge its preference for power and money rather than meeting the expectations of the electorate. This is a detailed breakdown of the party's origins, its funding, leade…
Money Struggles and City Life: Devaluation in Ibadan and Other Urban Centers in Southern Nigeria, 1986-1996
Money Struggles and City Life: Devaluation in Ibadan and Other Urban Centers in Southern Nigeria, 1986-1996. Edited by Jane I. Guyer, LaRay Denzer, and Adigun Agbaje. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 2002. Pp. xlv, 263. $67.95. Nigerians faced a situation of increasing political and economic uncertainty in the 1980s and 1990s. Beginning with the imposition of the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) by the Babangida regime in the mid-1980s, and contin…
Transition Without End: Nigerian Politics and Civil Society Under Babangida
The authors examine the rise and fall of democratic transition and structural adjustment in Nigeria during the eight-year regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985-1993), chronicling the country's descent from the promise of reform and renewal to an unprecedented political and economic depression
The Growth of the Media in the Third World. African Failures, Asian Successes
Beyond the state: Civil society and the Nigerian press under military rule
L'article examine la place et le role joue par les medias en general et la presse en particulier au Nigeria, et par extension dans le contexte africain. Deux grands themes de reflexion sont abordes : presse et societe civile au Nigeria, presse et pouvoir militaire
Two-Partyism and Democratic Transition in Nigeria
After coming to power in 1985 via what might be described as a 'palace coup', General Ibrahim Babangida quickly earned himself the sobriquet of the 'Maradona' of Nigerian politics. In October 1989 the President surpassed his own record of unpredictability and unorthodoxy, and surprised even the closest watchers of his military régime by announcing that two parties would be established by fiat and provided with initial funding in the context of th…
Freedom of the Press and Party Politics in Nigeria: Precepts, Retrospect and Prospects
Journal Article FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND PARTY POLITICS IN NIGERIA: PRECEPTS, RETROSPECT AND PROSPECTS Get access ADIGUN AGBAJE ADIGUN AGBAJE Adigun Agbaje teaches political science at the University, Ibadan. Previously he had wide experience working in the Nigerian press for The Punch, The Guardian and Democrat newspapers. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 89, Issue 355, April 1990, …
Travails of the secular state: Religion, politics and the outlook on Nigeria's third republic
Political education and public policy in Nigeria: The war against indiscipline (WAI)
Beyond the state: Civil society and the Nigerian press under military rule
L'article examine la place et le role joue par les medias en general et la presse en particulier au Nigeria, et par extension dans le contexte africain. Deux grands themes de reflexion sont abordes : presse et societe civile au Nigeria, presse et pouvoir militaire
Two-Partyism and Democratic Transition in Nigeria
After coming to power in 1985 via what might be described as a 'palace coup', General Ibrahim Babangida quickly earned himself the sobriquet of the 'Maradona' of Nigerian politics. In October 1989 the President surpassed his own record of unpredictability and unorthodoxy, and surprised even the closest watchers of his military régime by announcing that two parties would be established by fiat and provided with initial funding in the context of th…
Political education and public policy in Nigeria: The war against indiscipline (WAI)
Travails of the secular state: Religion, politics and the outlook on Nigeria's third republic
Nigeria's ruling party: A complex web of power and money
Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party, which won the legislative and presidential elections in that country in 2007, has its roots deep in the bation's murky military past. Despite flying the flag of democracy, it continues to frustrate the democratic process, preferring to indulge its preference for power and money rather than meeting the expectations of the electorate. This is a detailed breakdown of the party's origins, its funding, leade…
The Growth of the Media in the Third World. African Failures, Asian Successes
Political education and public policy in Nigeria: The war against indiscipline (WAI)
Freedom of the Press and Party Politics in Nigeria: Precepts, Retrospect and Prospects
Journal Article FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND PARTY POLITICS IN NIGERIA: PRECEPTS, RETROSPECT AND PROSPECTS Get access ADIGUN AGBAJE ADIGUN AGBAJE Adigun Agbaje teaches political science at the University, Ibadan. Previously he had wide experience working in the Nigerian press for The Punch, The Guardian and Democrat newspapers. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 89, Issue 355, April 1990, …
Travails of the secular state: Religion, politics and the outlook on Nigeria's third republic
Two-Partyism and Democratic Transition in Nigeria
After coming to power in 1985 via what might be described as a 'palace coup', General Ibrahim Babangida quickly earned himself the sobriquet of the 'Maradona' of Nigerian politics. In October 1989 the President surpassed his own record of unpredictability and unorthodoxy, and surprised even the closest watchers of his military régime by announcing that two parties would be established by fiat and provided with initial funding in the context of th…
Beyond the state: Civil society and the Nigerian press under military rule
L'article examine la place et le role joue par les medias en general et la presse en particulier au Nigeria, et par extension dans le contexte africain. Deux grands themes de reflexion sont abordes : presse et societe civile au Nigeria, presse et pouvoir militaire
The Growth of the Media in the Third World. African Failures, Asian Successes
Transition Without End: Nigerian Politics and Civil Society Under Babangida
The authors examine the rise and fall of democratic transition and structural adjustment in Nigeria during the eight-year regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985-1993), chronicling the country's descent from the promise of reform and renewal to an unprecedented political and economic depression
Money Struggles and City Life: Devaluation in Ibadan and Other Urban Centers in Southern Nigeria, 1986-1996
Money Struggles and City Life: Devaluation in Ibadan and Other Urban Centers in Southern Nigeria, 1986-1996. Edited by Jane I. Guyer, LaRay Denzer, and Adigun Agbaje. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 2002. Pp. xlv, 263. $67.95. Nigerians faced a situation of increasing political and economic uncertainty in the 1980s and 1990s. Beginning with the imposition of the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) by the Babangida regime in the mid-1980s, and contin…
Nigeria's ruling party: A complex web of power and money
Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party, which won the legislative and presidential elections in that country in 2007, has its roots deep in the bation's murky military past. Despite flying the flag of democracy, it continues to frustrate the democratic process, preferring to indulge its preference for power and money rather than meeting the expectations of the electorate. This is a detailed breakdown of the party's origins, its funding, leade…
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Global Political and Social Dynamics (3 works) · Law (3 works)