Matthew Todd Bradley
Biographic Data
| ID | 6728938 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Todd Bradley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew Todd |
| FAMILY NAME | Bradley |
| SIGNATURE | BRADLEY M T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Kokomo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Weaponising insecurity: Farmer-herder conflicts, electoral campaigns, and the limits on electoral outcomes in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections
Conflicts between farmers and herders in Nigeria have had a profound impact on the country’s economy, politics, security, and humanitarian issues. Using instrumentalist theory, this paper, however, examines how the conflicts were used during the 2019 general elections campaigns, especially, by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the major opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It argues that despite the instrumentalizat…
Response to Allen Dunn’s “Ethics, Identity, and Political Mediation in Right-Wing American Populism”
Allen Dunn’s article is based on American right-wing populist groups that feel undermined and alienated. Right-wing populist groups feel a sense of abandonment and that their real (or perceived) demands are not being addressed by the government. Dunn’s article could have advanced this conversation by addressing questions such as these: How does a federalist democracy like the United States reconcile opposition voices (or ideological-minority voic…
Civil society and democratic progression in postcolonial Nigeria: The role of non-governmental organizations
With the ever increasing demands of market forces via globalization on governments, the parallel requests from citizens to fill the gap often left open by states have become just as prevalent in the modern era. Governments have become ill-equipped to handle such citizen demands or simply unwilling, thus civil society agents in the form of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) are attempting to fill those gaps. Ideally, civil society actors like N…
The Other: Precursory African Conceptions of Democracy
Democracy is a configuration of governance molded by the general values, biases, prejudices, and nuances of a given culture. Individuals in Western countries typically identify with the state as reflecting the desires of the body politic. However, in the African world, including Northeastern Africa (or the Middle East as it is labeled in Western literature), identity is primarily reflected in one's ethnicity, religion, and communal adaptations an…
The Other: Precursory African Conceptions of Democracy
Democracy is a configuration of governance molded by the general values, biases, prejudices, and nuances of a given culture. Individuals in Western countries typically identify with the state as reflecting the desires of the body politic. However, in the African world, including Northeastern Africa (or the Middle East as it is labeled in Western literature), identity is primarily reflected in one's ethnicity, religion, and communal adaptations an…
Civil society and democratic progression in postcolonial Nigeria: The role of non-governmental organizations
With the ever increasing demands of market forces via globalization on governments, the parallel requests from citizens to fill the gap often left open by states have become just as prevalent in the modern era. Governments have become ill-equipped to handle such citizen demands or simply unwilling, thus civil society agents in the form of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) are attempting to fill those gaps. Ideally, civil society actors like N…
Civil society and democratic progression in postcolonial Nigeria: The role of non-governmental organizations
With the ever increasing demands of market forces via globalization on governments, the parallel requests from citizens to fill the gap often left open by states have become just as prevalent in the modern era. Governments have become ill-equipped to handle such citizen demands or simply unwilling, thus civil society agents in the form of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) are attempting to fill those gaps. Ideally, civil society actors like N…
The Other: Precursory African Conceptions of Democracy
Democracy is a configuration of governance molded by the general values, biases, prejudices, and nuances of a given culture. Individuals in Western countries typically identify with the state as reflecting the desires of the body politic. However, in the African world, including Northeastern Africa (or the Middle East as it is labeled in Western literature), identity is primarily reflected in one's ethnicity, religion, and communal adaptations an…
Response to Allen Dunn’s “Ethics, Identity, and Political Mediation in Right-Wing American Populism”
Allen Dunn’s article is based on American right-wing populist groups that feel undermined and alienated. Right-wing populist groups feel a sense of abandonment and that their real (or perceived) demands are not being addressed by the government. Dunn’s article could have advanced this conversation by addressing questions such as these: How does a federalist democracy like the United States reconcile opposition voices (or ideological-minority voic…
Weaponising insecurity: Farmer-herder conflicts, electoral campaigns, and the limits on electoral outcomes in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections
Conflicts between farmers and herders in Nigeria have had a profound impact on the country’s economy, politics, security, and humanitarian issues. Using instrumentalist theory, this paper, however, examines how the conflicts were used during the 2019 general elections campaigns, especially, by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the major opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It argues that despite the instrumentalizat…
Democracy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (2 works)