The Precariousness of Prebendalism

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ID23211580
AuthorsDavid Pratten (0000-0001-9210-9529, corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages243-258
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueDemocracy and Prebendalism in Nigeria (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137280770_11
OpenAlexW2468077873
ISBN9781137280770
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited36

A critical aspect of Richard Joseph’s argument in Democracy and Prebendal Politics is easily overlooked. His analysis of the short-lived Second Republic (1979–1983) is well-known for identifying access to public office as the dominant political imperative in Nigeria, and that ethnic and regional identities became entrenched as a result of this quest for state resources. Less evident, however, is the basic, taken-for-granted motivation that sustains this prebendal system—insecurity.

Argument (complex analysis) · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Race, History, and American Society

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