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

• Autore: Kalu Kalu Ndukwe
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.4669/049
• Soggetto topico: Federal government - Nigeria
• Soggetto geografico: Nigeria Politics and government
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: State power, autarchy, and political conquest in Nigerian federalism
• ISBN: 1-282-49312-4; 9786612493126; 0-7391-2992-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782133303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II