Imperialism and ethnic politics in Nigeria, 1960-96

The book examines the class dimension of the Nigerian political crisis since 1960, when this culturally diverse nation assumed the stature of independent nationhood from the British imperial state. The writer posits that the ruling elite, whether constituted in the military or the civil society, consistently used ethnicity to secure its own class domination in the absence of a coherent class ideology. The author argues that the military transition agenda to a "democratic state" is nothing more than a ploy by the military elite and its civilian partners to perpetuate themselves in power in spite of international opposition

Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Law · 1960 · 20th century · Colonial influence · Ethnic relations · ethnic relations · Ethnicity · History · Imperialism · Military government · Nigeria · Political aspects · politics and government · Social classes · Social conditions