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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807383803321

Autore

Obadare Ebenezer

Titolo

Statism, youth and civic imagination : a critical study of the National Youth Service Corps Programme in Nigeria / / Ebenezer Obadare

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dakar, Senegal, : CODESRIA, c2010

ISBN

2-86978-333-7

1-282-71088-5

9786612710889

2-86978-420-1

2-86978-332-9

2-86978-325-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (86 p.)

Collana

Monograph series

Soggetti

National service - Nigeria

Young volunteers in community development - Nigeria

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [67]-69).

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Idea of Service -- 2. Citizenship as Civic Duty -- 3. Interfacing Service and Citizenship -- 4. The NYSC: History and Rationale -- 5. The Development of the NYSC -- 6. Method of Research -- 7. The NYSC: Meaning, Perceptionand Interpretation -- 8. The NYSC: Performance Evaluated -- 9, The NYSC and Citizenship Values:Any Link? -- 10. The National Youth Service Scheme -- 11. Evaluation -- Notes -- References -- Appendices -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

This study explores the service-citizenship nexus in Nigeria, using the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as an empirical backdrop. It attempts to understand the relationship between civic service and citizenship on the one hand, and it examines the question as to whether youth service promotes a sense of citizenship and patriotism on the other. In the relevant studies on service and sociology, the assumption that service is antecedent to, and impacts positively on citizenship, is taken for granted. However, conclusions



from this study call for an urgent rethinking of this wisdom.