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200 00$aNigeria's stumbling democracy and its implications for Africa's democratic movement$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Victor Oguejiofor Okafor ; foreword by Toyin Falola
210   $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger Security International$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (207 p.)
225 1 $aPSI reports
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-313-35586-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 An Overview of Nigeria's Political History; 3 Nigeria's Disputed Elections and the Resulting Leadership Legitimacy Crisis; 4 Democracy on Sale: The 2007 Nigerian Elections and the Future of the Democratic Movement in Africa; 5 Dialectics of Patronage Politics and Representative Democracy: The Case of Anambra State of Nigeria; 6 Is Electronic Voting an Answer to Nigeria's Electoral Problems?; 7 The Role of Geographical Zoning in Nigeria's Democracy
327   $a8 Nigeria's 2007 Elections and the Future of Democracy in Africa: An Optimistic View9 Nigeria's 2007 Elections: A Great Danger for the Future of Democracy in Africa; 10 Nigeria's 2007 Elections in Comparative Perspective: Democratic Capitalism and the Crisis of Democracy in Africa; 11 Democracy and Development in Africa: Important Lessons from African American History; Index; About the Editor and Contributors
330   $aNigeria's Stumbling Democracy and its Implications for Africa's Democratic Movement is the first book to recount and analyze Nigeria's controversial general elections of April 2007. Because Nigeria's immense and diverse population of 140 million people and its wealth of natural resources make it a microcosm of Africa, Nigerian politics are an ideal case study and bellwether by which to view and understand African politics and the ongoing democratic experiments on the continent. Ten leading scholars of Nigerian and African politics, variously based in Nigeria, the US, and Europe, contribute ori
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