Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria

The Rise and Fall of the Second Republic

Bibliographic Data

ID3912361
AuthorsShaheen Mozaffar (0009-0007-6631-1353)
Year1989
Volume22
Issue3
Pages500
Publication date1989-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofDemocracy and prebendal politics in Nigeria: The rise and fall of the Second Republic, Richard A Joseph, 1987
VenueThe International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/220210
OpenAlexW646885411
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Originally published in 1987, this book examines the relationship between the pattern of party formation in Nigeria and a mode of social, political and economic behaviour Richard Joseph terms 'prebendalism'. He demonstrates the centrality in the Nigerian polity of the struggle to control and exploit public office and argues that state power is usually viewed by Nigerians as an array of prebends, the appropriation of which provides access to the state treasury and to control over remunerative licenses and contracts. In addition, the abiding desire for a democratic political system is frustrated by the deepening of ethnic, linguistic and regional identities. By exploring the ways in which individuals at all social levels contribute to the maintenance of these practices, the book provides an analysis of the impediments to constitutional democracy that is also relevant to the study of other nations

Ancient history · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Political and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria

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