Olawale R Olaopa
Biographic Data
| ID | 6593589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olawale R Olaopa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olawale R |
| FAMILY NAME | Olaopa |
| SIGNATURE | OLAOPA O R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Obafemi Awolowo University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7937-9177 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
African indigenous knowledge (AIK) for environmental management and sustainable development
Anthropological expeditions across traditional communities in Africa acknowledged human practices evolved over several years. These practices have been long certified as reliable and sustainable in preventing and mitigating the impacts of disasters. This paper interrogates some African practices which have spiritual inclinations and deep cultural relationships with environment and its sustainability. A qualitative research approach which literari…
A Theoretical Review of Core Issues on Public Policy and its Environment
The centrality of public policy to human governance has been theoretically examined in this paper. In doing this, its core issues that have long attracted the attentions of scholars and practitioners all over the world were analytically perused giving relevance to the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats operating within the environmental space that usually surrounds the policy process, and its executors.Consequent on this, the indispe…
The Theory and Practice of Federalism as a Structural Mechanism of Governance
In this paper we examined the concept of federalism as a political arrangment that has been adopted for the practical realisation of the principles of democracy in Nigeria and other similar polities within the world. More importantly, following a thorough theoretical consideration of the subject-matter of federalism as one of the structural paraphernalia of true democratic practice, we zeroed-in on the inadequacies of the Nigerian federalism as i…
Fiscal Federalism and Local Government Finance in Nigeria
The most severe problem facing public institutions in Nigeria is the fiscal one, particularly in local government. This problem has been provoked by a number of factors, including ‘over dependence’ on statutory allocations from both the state and federal governments, deliberate tax evasion by the local citizenry, creation of nonviable local government areas, differences in the status of local governments in terms of the rural–urban dimension, and…
Fiscal Federalism and Local Government Finance in Nigeria
The most severe problem facing public institutions in Nigeria is the fiscal one, particularly in local government. This problem has been provoked by a number of factors, including ‘over dependence’ on statutory allocations from both the state and federal governments, deliberate tax evasion by the local citizenry, creation of nonviable local government areas, differences in the status of local governments in terms of the rural–urban dimension, and…
The Theory and Practice of Federalism as a Structural Mechanism of Governance
In this paper we examined the concept of federalism as a political arrangment that has been adopted for the practical realisation of the principles of democracy in Nigeria and other similar polities within the world. More importantly, following a thorough theoretical consideration of the subject-matter of federalism as one of the structural paraphernalia of true democratic practice, we zeroed-in on the inadequacies of the Nigerian federalism as i…
Fiscal Federalism and Local Government Finance in Nigeria
The most severe problem facing public institutions in Nigeria is the fiscal one, particularly in local government. This problem has been provoked by a number of factors, including ‘over dependence’ on statutory allocations from both the state and federal governments, deliberate tax evasion by the local citizenry, creation of nonviable local government areas, differences in the status of local governments in terms of the rural–urban dimension, and…
The Theory and Practice of Federalism as a Structural Mechanism of Governance
In this paper we examined the concept of federalism as a political arrangment that has been adopted for the practical realisation of the principles of democracy in Nigeria and other similar polities within the world. More importantly, following a thorough theoretical consideration of the subject-matter of federalism as one of the structural paraphernalia of true democratic practice, we zeroed-in on the inadequacies of the Nigerian federalism as i…
A Theoretical Review of Core Issues on Public Policy and its Environment
The centrality of public policy to human governance has been theoretically examined in this paper. In doing this, its core issues that have long attracted the attentions of scholars and practitioners all over the world were analytically perused giving relevance to the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats operating within the environmental space that usually surrounds the policy process, and its executors.Consequent on this, the indispe…
African indigenous knowledge (AIK) for environmental management and sustainable development
Anthropological expeditions across traditional communities in Africa acknowledged human practices evolved over several years. These practices have been long certified as reliable and sustainable in preventing and mitigating the impacts of disasters. This paper interrogates some African practices which have spiritual inclinations and deep cultural relationships with environment and its sustainability. A qualitative research approach which literari…
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works) · Centrality (1 works)