Ethno-Regionalism and the Origins of Federalism in Nigeria

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ID20057765
AuthorsOlufemi Vaughan (corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages227-242
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueDemocracy and Prebendalism in Nigeria (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137280770_10
OpenAlexW2492903925
ISBN9781137280770
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

With a penetrating theoretical explanation of the structural configuration of power relations in Nigeria's troubled postcolonial nation-state and society, Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria critically focuses on the major themes that have shaped Nigerian politics—especially the rationale and logic of power—since independence. In many ways, this groundbreaking book is unique because it is among only a handful of books in Nigerian political studies that provides a systematic, theoretical explanation of the dynamic processes of political power in Africa's most populous and complicated nation-state, especially at a time when many political scientists were content to simply catalog the various issues that constituted the "crisis of the African nation-state." Simply put, this landmark book's most significant contribution lies in its rigorous theoretical exploration of the interconnections between Nigeria's superimposed postcolonial nation-state and its diverse structures of society, paying careful attention to the dynamic nature of continuity and change since the decolonization process in the 1950s

Decolonization · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Federalism · Independence (probability theory) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Regionalism (politics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law

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