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UNINA9910452661803321 |
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Nigeria's democratic experience in the fourth republic since 1999 [[electronic resource]] : policies and politics. / / edited by A. Sat Obiyan and Kunle Amuwo |
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Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, 2012 |
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1-283-84816-3 |
0-7618-5955-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (529 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Democracy - Nigeria |
Electronic books. |
Nigeria Politics and government 1993-2007 |
Nigeria Politics and government 2007 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction; Section 1. INTRA AND INTER GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; Ch01. Intra-Executive Conflict in Nigeria's Presidential System (1999-2007); Ch02. Executive-Legislature Relationship; Ch03. Local Government in Federal-State-Local Relations, 1999-2006; Ch04. The Principles and Practice of Separation of Power in Nigeria; Ch05. Emergency Powers, Political Instability, and the Nigerian Constitution; Ch06. The Federal State in Obasanjo's Nigeria; Section 2. ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL PROCESSES; Ch07. Godfatherism and the Nigerian Polity |
Ch08. Party System and Political Conflicts in Nigeria's Fourth RepublicCh09. The Independent National Electoral Commission and the Challenges of Election Management; Ch10. Electoral Conflicts, the Judiciary, and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria; Ch11. Elections in Nigeria; Section 3. OIL POLITICS, REVENUE ALLOCATION, ETHNIC RELATIONS, AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE; Ch12. The Politics of Revenue Allocation in Nigeria; Ch13. Revenue Determination and Political Conflict in a Federal State; Ch14. Ethnic Nationalism and the Nigerian |
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Democratic Experience in the Fourth Republic |
Ch15. Niger Delta Crisis and Nigerian DemocracySection 4. EDUCATIONAL REFORMS, RELIGION, POPULATION, AND GENDER ISSUES; Ch16. Nigerian Women, Ten Years after Beijing; Ch17. The Politics of Census in Nigeria; Ch18. The Obasanjo Regime's Educational Reforms and National Development; Ch19. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers; Section 5. THE LEADERSHIP QUESTION, CORRUPTION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY; Ch20. Personality, Corruption, and the Leadership Question in Nigeria; Ch21. Corruption and Anti-Corruption Strategies; Ch22. Local Government and the Challenges of Democratic Consolidation in |
Section 6. POVERTY ERADICATION AND ECONOMIC REFORMCh23. Poverty Reduction Strategies in Nigeria's Fourth Republic; Ch24. An Evaluation of the Effects of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (Needs)on Poverty Reduction in Nigeria; Ch25. An Appraisal of the Federal Government's Reform Policy of Re-engineering the Nigerian InsuranceIndustry towards Higher Productivity; Ch26. The Politics of Oil Deregulation; Ch27. The New Pension Reform; Ch28. Nigeria's 2004 Pension Reform Act; Section 7. THE LEGISLATURE, JUDICIARY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE NIGERIAN STATE |
Ch29. The Government, Human Rights, and the Rule of LawCh30. The Evolutionary Travails of the Nigerian State and Political System, 1914-1999 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book addresses various issues that have arisen in the practice of democracy in Nigeria since 1999, focusing on the Obasanjo years (1999-2007). Nigeria's return to democratic rule has been marked by many developments and challenges, discussed here with incisive analysis. |
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