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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454347203321

Autore

Kalu Kalu Ndukwe

Titolo

State power, autarchy, and political conquest in Nigerian federalism [[electronic resource] /] / Kalu N. Kalu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2008

ISBN

1-282-49312-4

9786612493126

0-7391-2992-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Disciplina

320.4669/049

Soggetti

Federal government - Nigeria

Electronic books.

Nigeria Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Analytical frameworks of state formation -- History and evolutionary schisms -- Restless federalism :critical arguments on conflict and governance -- The geopolitics of religion : conflated origins of ethnic crsis -- The praetorian orthodoxy : pathways to civic soldiering -- Rentier politics : the confluence of power and economics -- The garrison state : bridging civil-military transitions -- Elections and electioneering : on the democratic deficit -- The Niger Delta : a platform under duress -- Constitutionalism and political development -- Embedding african democracy and development : the imperative of institutional capital.

Sommario/riassunto

This book shows how specific historical events and societal forces within Nigeria transcend the choices its political leaders have made to influence the course of the state's political development. Kalu N. Kalu describes a variety of factors that have contributed to the challenges facing state-building and political institutions in Nigeria. Chief among them are the nature of interest aggregation, the dynamics of conflict, and the patterns of state intervention in matters dealing with secularism, distributive politics, economy, security, and autonomy. Kalu succeeds in constructing a more organic concept of political



development in Nigeria by creating a model based on rentier politics that captures the critical relationship between state power and economy. By doing so, he goes beyond current scholarship about Nigeria and demonstrates the need for a restructuring of its institutions, offering insight into an enduring narrative that continues to shape Nigerian politics.