LEADER 03506nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910454558503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-34137-5 010 $a9786612341373 010 $a0-313-35587-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707521 035 $a(EBL)492184 035 $a(OCoLC)247098972 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000304453 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12098791 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304453 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10279668 035 $a(PQKB)10969953 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC492184 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL492184 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271292 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL234137 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707521 100 $a20080305d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$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. 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