Imperial Presidency and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3751165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isumonah, Isumonah Isumonah (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9887 • E-ISSN: 1527-1978 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/africatoday.59.1.43 |
| OpenAlex | W2082262649 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
Political competition and participation are crucial to democratic consolidation. Legal and formal guarantees for political competition and participation are nullified by imperial exercise of presidential powers. This paper argues that the presidency of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo fostered one-party domination and in effect derogated from political competition and participation. His instruments were party machinery, the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and state agents of force. To achieve democratic consolidation in Nigeria, the independence of critical political structures and state agencies should be strengthened to enable them to discharge their constitutional duties without presidential interference
Commission · Competition (biology) · Consolidation (business) · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Economics · Independence (probability theory) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Presidential system · State (computer science) · Accounting · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |