Autore	El-Rufai Nasir Ahmed
Edizione	[3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Ibadan, Nigeria, : Safari Books, c2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (714 p.)
Disciplina	966.9053
Soggetto topico	Statesmen - Nigeria
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	978-8431-46-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Photo Sections ""; ""List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Prologue: The Beginning of the End ""; ""The Benefit of Hindsight ""; ""He Gets It Who Wants It Not ""; ""Platter of Gold ""; ""Third Term's not a Charm ""; """"We Have Three Choices"" ""; ""Taking the Good with the Bad ""; ""Chapter One - Humble Origins ""; ""My Father, Ahmad Rufai Muhammad ""; ""My Elder Brother, Bashir Ahmad El-Rufai ""; ""Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto "" ""Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi """"""Can you read a newspaper?"" ""; ""A Bully Meets his Match ""; ""Barawa College Days ""; ""Early Relationships and Leaderships Lessons ""; ""Early Career Thoughts ""; ""lagos, once upon a time ""; ""The Lessons of National Youth Service""; ""Chapter Two - The Calm Before the Storm ""; ""The Early Days of Private Practice ""; ""Marriage and Challenges of Family Life ""; ""Hamza Zayyad ""; ""E-Rufai & Partners ""; ""Chapter Three - From Abacha to Obasanjo - A Series of Accidents ""; ""How people get appointed into senior positions in government "" ""Determining a handover date """"The IMF Experience ""; ""Meeting Obasanjo, for the first time ""; ""Entering the BPE ""; ""Chapter Four - taking Charge of Privatisation and Policy Reform ""; ""USA ID to the Rescue ""; ""The World Bank Steps In ""; ""An Encounter with Enron ""; ""The Swiss Tycoon and the Nikon-Noga-Hilton Hotel ""; ""Success factors in Public Service ""; ""Chapter Five - ""You Will See the Meaning of Power"" ""; ""The Cost of Doing Business ""; ""A 20 Million Hole ""; ""Mike Adenuga Sends Cash ""; ""Nigeria Airways or Two and a Half Planes "" ""Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) """"My short friend, I have a duty to train you""; ""Chapter Six - the Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend - Unless the Friend is El-Rufai ""; ""Softening the Ground ""; ""Obasanjo won't complete his term; the Marabout said so ""; ""The Only Currency in Politics ""; ""Chapter Seven - The Economic Team - Key Players ""; ""Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ""; ""Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Minister of Finance ""; ""Oby Ezekwesili, ""Madam Due Process"", Minister of Solid Minerals and Education "" ""Charles Chukwuma Soludo, President's Economic Adviser and then Central Bank Governor """"Assessment of Charles 'Falling Out ""; ""Lessons Learned in Team-building""; ""Chapter Eight - Abuja - The Economic Reform Laboratory ""; ""How I met the FCT ""; ""Establishing the working environment of the FCT ""; ""The Price of Lawlessness ""; ""The Tortoise in My Office ""; ""Squatter Relocation as Safety Nets ""; ""restoration of Wuse market: ""It's impossible, Hon. Minister"" ""; ""Keeping the Capital Safe ""; ""Proud Moments ""; ""Obasanjo, Atiku and the PTDF saga ""; ""Winding down "" ""Chapter Nine - Land Reforms ""
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Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London, : Adonis & Abbey, 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (425 p.)
Altri autori (Persone)	AmucheaziE. C (Elochukwu C.) IbeanuOkechukwu
ISBN	1-912234-09-2 1-282-03090-6 9786612030901
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	pt. 1. Overview -- pt. 2. Defining issues -- pt. 3. Responses by practitioners.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910809775003321

Autore	Bergstresser Heinrich
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (323 pages)
Disciplina	966.905/4
Collana	A decade of ... series
Soggetto topico	Economic history Politics and government Social conditions
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	90-04-34741-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preliminary Material -- Nigeria in 2004 -- Nigeria in 2005 -- Nigeria in 2006 -- Nigeria in 2007 -- Nigeria in 2008 -- Nigeria in 2009 -- Nigeria in 2010 -- Nigeria in 2011 -- Nigeria in 2012 -- Nigeria in 2013 -- Nigeria in 2014 -- Nigeria in 2015 -- Nigeria in 2016 -- Index of Select Names.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910479998703321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Dakar : , : CODESRIA, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (185 pages)
Disciplina	324.609669
Collana	Codesria book series
Soggetto topico	Elections - Nigeria
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	2-86978-731-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910466778903321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Dakar : , : CODESRIA, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (185 pages)
Disciplina	324.609669
Collana	Codesria book series
Soggetto topico	Elections - Nigeria
ISBN	2-86978-731-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- Dedication -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Nigerian State and Politics in the Fourth Republic -- Introduction -- The Concept of State -- The Nigerian State -- Colonialism and the Character of the State before Independence -- Post-Independence Politics, Oil-based Economy and the Political Elite -- The Nigerian State in the Fourth Republic -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. An Overview of Party Formation in Nigeria, 1960-1999 -- Introduction -- Post-Colonial Party Formation (1960-1983) -- Party-formation under the Babangida-era transition to democracy -- The Abacha Transition -- Abubakar's Transition -- Alliance for Democracy (AD) -- All People's Party (APP) -- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. Electoral Commissions and the Conduct of Elections in Nigeria: The Role of INEC -- A Historical Perspective of Electoral Commissions in Nigeria -- Electoral Commissions and Elections in Nigeria -- INEC and its Institutional Framework -- Result of Findings -- Observations -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- 4. Governance and Local Government Elections in Nigeria's Fourth Republic -- Introduction and Statement of Problem -- Local Government - Conceptual Discourse -- Governance -- Historical Perspective on the Nigerian local government system -- Legal Framework for Local Governments in Nigeria -- Research Design and Methods -- Research Method -- Study populations -- Sample and Sampling Techniques -- Research Instruments -- Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Challenges of the Fieldwork -- Findings -- Political Behaviour -- Challenges of Local Government Council Elections -- Assessment of Provisions of Social Services -- Chairmen's Performance Evaluation -- Recommendations. References -- 5. An Overview of the State Houses of Assembly Elections -- Introduction -- Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives -- Political Parties and the Selection of Candidates -- Campaigns for the State House of Assembly Elections -- The State Houses of Assembly Elections -- Assessment of the Conduct of the State Houses of Assembly Elections and Performance of the State Legislators in Plateau State -- Jos-South LGA: Participation in the State House of Assembly Elections -- Barkin Ladi LGA: Participation in the State Houses of Assembly Elections -- State House of Assembly Elections in Lagos State -- Assessment of the Performance of the Legislators at the State Level -- Eti-osa LGA: Participation in the State Houses of Assembly Elections -- Assessment of the Performance of the Legislators at the State Level -- Lagos Mainland LGA: Participation in the State House of Assembly Elections -- State Houses of Assembly Elections in Borno State -- Konduga LGA: Participation in the State House of Assembly Elections -- Bama LGA: Participation in the State House of Assembly Elections -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. A Review of the National Assembly Elections -- Introduction -- Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives -- Definitions of the Key Concepts: Elections and Governance -- History of Elections and Development of the Legislature in Nigeria -- The Structure and Functions of the National Legislature -- The Electoral System and Campaigns for the National Assembly Elections -- The National Assembly Elections -- Assessment of the Conduct of the National Assembly Elections and Performance of the Legislature in Plateau State -- Jos-South LGA: Participation in the National Assembly Elections -- Jos-North LGA: Participation in the National Assembly Elections. Assessment of the Conduct of the National Assembly Elections and Performance of the Legislators in Borno State -- Bama LGA: Participation in the National Assembly Elections -- Maiduguri LGA: Participation in the National Assembly Elections -- Assessment of the Conduct of the National Assembly Elections and Performance of the Legislators in Lagos State -- Lagos Mainland LGA: Participation in the National Assembly Elections -- Eti-osa LGA: Participation in the National Assembly Elections -- Conclusion -- References -- 7. Presidential and Gubernatorial Elections in the Fourth Republic -- Introduction -- Elections 1999-2007 -- Overview of Democratic Governance in Nigeria 1999-2009 -- The Way Forward -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. Consolidation of Democracy and Good Governance in Nigeria: The Role of the Civil Society -- Introduction -- Civil Society Organisations -- Democratic Consolidation and Governance -- The Problems and Dilemma of Governance in Nigeria's Democracy -- Civil Society and the Consolidation of Democracy and Good Governance in Nigeria -- Weakness of the Civil Society -- Conclusion -- References -- 9. Impact of the Elections on Governance: Lessons Learned -- Introduction -- Impact of the Elections on the Democratisation Process -- Impact at the National and State Levels -- Lessons Learned -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- References -- 10. Elections in Nigeria: A Select Annotated Bibliography -- Elections in Nigeria -- 11. Postscript -- Back cover.
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