The political economy of colonialism and nation-building in Nigeria / / Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, editor

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (396 pages)
• Disciplina: 966.905
• Soggetto topico: Nation-building - Nigeria
• Soggetto geografico: Nigeria History 1960-; Nigeria Politics and government 1960-
• Persona (resp. second.): OloruntobaSamuel O <1970-> (Samuel Ojo)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Tables -- Part I The Political Economy of Colonialism -- 1 Introduction: Colonialism and Challenges of Nation-Building in Nigeria -- References -- 2 The Political Economy of Colonialism and Nation-Building in Nigeria -- Introduction -- European Ideology and Rationale forColonialism -- Colonialism and Its Legacy -- Colonialism and Nation-building inNigeria -- Recommendations and Conclusion -- References -- 3 British Colonial Administration and Development of Western Education in Ilorin Emirate, 1900-1960 -- Introduction -- The Establishment of Ilorin Emirate -- British Overrule of Ilorin Emirate -- Colonial Education Objectives: Its Place of Western Education in Ilorin Emirate -- The Emergence of Western Education in Ilorin Emirate -- Ilorin People Response to Western Education -- Initial Colonial Educational Efforts in Ilorin and the Development of Primary Education -- Christian Missions Efforts in Western Education in Ilorin -- Community Efforts in the Development Education in Ilorin -- The Development of Secondary and Teacher Training Schools in Ilorin -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix A: List of Secondary Schools in Ilorin, 1915-60 -- Appendix B: List of Primary Schools in Ilorin from 1915 to 1960 -- References -- 4 Imperial Citizens or Economic Nationalists? An Analysis of Colonially Restructured Northern Nigerian Economy in the 1940s -- Introduction -- Restructuring the Political Economy of Northern Nigeria up to the 1940s -- The Nexus Between Migration, Labour and Wage in Northern Nigeria -- Catechizing the Citizenship/Nationalists Question in Imperial Northern Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 That They Do Not Labour in Vain: British Colonial Exploitation and Expropriation of Cocoa Industry in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria -- Introduction. ; Politico-Economic Background of Yorubaland Focusing on Occupation -- The Early Cocoa Planters and Cooperative Bodies in Ibadan -- Colonial Agricultural Policy, Export Production and the Development of Cocoa Industry -- Cocoa Money and Rear Producer Price and Income of Cocoa in Colonial Nigeria: 1914-1931 -- Acres Planted in Cocoa in Ibadan -- Volume of Cocoa Exported from Western Nigeria -- The Middlemen (Produce Buyers): Rating in the Produce Trade -- Ibadan Cocoa Farmers -- The Real Beneficiaries of Cocoa Industry -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 6 A History of Anti-leprosy Campaign in Sokoto Area of Northern Nigeria, 1919-1975 -- Introduction -- The Origins of Anti-leprosy Campaign in Sokoto Area -- Native Authorities and the SIM Agreement in Anti-leprosy Campaign -- Central Colonial Government and the Policies of Anti-leprosy Campaign -- Government, NA, SIM and the Management of Leprosy at Amanawa PLS -- Government, NA, SIM and the Management Leprosy at Segregation Villages -- Government, NA, SIM and Leprosy Out-Patients' Clinics -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Power, Politics, and Pilgrimage: The Hajj and Colonial Ideology in Nigeria, 1903-1927 -- Introduction -- Background on Overland Pilgrimage from Nigeria -- Pilgrim Routes, the Dual Mandate, and the Palmer Report -- The Diplomacy of Indirect Rule and the Pilgrimage of Emir Muhammadu Dikko -- Pilgrims, Politics, and Propaganda: The Lethem Report -- Conclusion -- Part II Governance, Nation-building and Development in Nigeria -- 8 Nigeria Since 2014: Restructuring or Dismemberment? -- Introduction -- Conceptual Clarification -- Nigeria's Political Structure Before and After 1966 -- Brief Outline of Agitations for Restructuring -- Perspectives on Restructuring -- Anti-restructuring -- Restructuring in Whose Interest? -- Conclusion -- References. ; 9 The Nigerian Restructuring Agitations and Debates in Perspective -- Introduction -- Restructuring as Secession/Separation -- Restructuring as Regionalism -- Restructuring as Fiscal Federalism -- Restructuring as Devolution of Powers and Local Government Autonomy -- Restructuring as State and Local Government Creation -- Restructuring as Generational and Gender Power Balance -- Restructuring as Restriction of Sharia Law to Civil Matters -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- 10 African Women in Politics: Past, Present and the Future -- Introduction -- The African Woman in This Paper -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Women in Political Leadership in Nigeria: Issues, Prospect and Challenges -- Introduction -- Conceptual Clarification -- Theories of Leadership -- Women and Political Leadership in Nigeria: Past and Present -- Challenges to Women Participation in Leadership, Conclusion, and Recommendation -- References -- 12 Democracy and Demilitarization in Africa: Towards a Reconceptualization -- Introduction -- Conceptualizing Democracy and Demilitarization -- Colonial Basis of Militarism and Authoritarianism in Africa -- One-Party Rule and Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule: -- Military Dictatorship and Assault on Constitutionalism -- Limits of Neo-Liberal Transitions to Civil Rule -- Can the Political Elite Demilitarize? -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 Ethnicity, Citizenship Identity and Nation Building in Africa: The Nigeria Experience -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives on Ethnicity -- State Building, Ethnicity and Citizenship Identity in Africa -- Citizenship Identity and the Morality for Nation Building in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References -- 14 Ethnicity, Farmer-Herder Conflicts, and Nation-Building in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Theoretical Argument -- Method -- Nature of Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Nigeria. ; Causes of Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Nigeria -- Ethnicity and Politics in Nigeria -- The Mirage of Nation-Hood in Nigeria -- Ethnicity and Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References -- 15 ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement, Border Porosity, and the Emerging Threats to Human Security in North Central Nigeria: An Appraisal of the Influx of Migrant Fulani Herders -- Introduction -- A Synopsis of ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, ECOWAS Transhumance Protocol, and Herders Migration to Nigeria -- Method -- Discussion -- Border Porosity, the Influx of Armed Fulani Herdsmen, and Arms Proliferation in Nigeria -- Unregulated Influx of Armed Herdsmen and the State of Human Security in Benue State -- Conclusion -- References -- 16 The Role of Leadership in Governance and Development Crises at the Grassroots Level: Insights form Ijebu North Local Government Area, Ogun State Nigeria -- Introduction -- Ijebu North-East Local Government Area at a Glance -- Evolution of Local Government Administration in Nigeria -- Conceptual Analysis -- Theoretical Discourse -- Status of Local Government Administration in Nigeria Since 1999 -- Methodology: Population, Samples and Sampling Techniques -- Data Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation -- Demographic Characteristics of Respondents -- Data Analysis -- Findings and Discussions -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- 17 Local Government Finance and Implications for Development: A Case Study of the Ikorodu Government Area Lagos State -- Introduction -- Conceptual and Theoretical Discourse -- Finance in Nigeria Local Government -- Data Presentation and Analysis -- Discussion of Findings -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- 18 Cooperative Societies and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A viable Model for Human Development in Nigeria -- Introduction. ; Cooperative Societies -- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- Human Development -- Model -- Sustainable Development Goals -- an Inclusive Analysis -- Cooperative Societies as a Mechanism for Sustainable Development in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The political economy of colonialism and nation-building in Nigeria
• ISBN: 3-030-73875-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910523717503321
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