Rotational Presidency

Author : Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031412417

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National Integration and Rotational Presidency in Nigeria by Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi Pdf

​This book engages literature and opinions of politicians, opinion leaders, religious leaders, lawyers and researchers on national integration in Nigeria. In addition to rotational presidency, participants interviewed by the author also express views on other national integration measures in Nigeria. The monograph represents a critical work in the field, making a significant contribution to the so-far-lacking literature of fieldwork and scholarship on rotational presidency in Nigeria. The monograph will benefit scholars, researchers, peace and conflict experts, politicians, students and other stakeholders on how national integration can be cultivated and consolidated. Its focus on the Fourth Republic ensures its relevance to the management of political tussles inherent to rotating power in a developing and federal country such as Nigeria.

Author : Anthony Abioye Akinola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : UCAL:B4174779

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Rotational Presidency by Anthony Abioye Akinola Pdf

Author : Munyaradzi Mawere,Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956762392

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Harnessing Cultural Capital for Sustainability by Munyaradzi Mawere,Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye Pdf

This book argues that the basic component of any societys social security and sustainability is cultural capital and its ability to fully recognise diversity in knowledge production and advancement. However, with regard to African societies, since the dawn of racial slavery and colonialism, cultural capital indigenous knowledge in particular has iniquitously and acrimoniously suffered marginalisation and pejorative ragtags. Increasingly since the 1990s, cultural capital informed by African knowledge systems has taken central stage in discussions of sustainability and development. This is not unrelated with the recognition by America and Europe in particular of the central role that cultural capital could and should assume in the logic of development and sustainability at a global level. Unfortunately, action has often failed to match words with regard to the situation in Africa. The current book seeks to make a difference by exploring the role that African cultural capital could and should assume to guarantee development and sustainability on the continent and globally. It argues that lofty pan-African ideals of collective self-reliance, self-sustaining development and economic growth would come to naught unless determined and decisive steps are taken towards full recognition of indigenous cultural capital on the continent.

Author : Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031457210

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Power-Sharing in the Global South by Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif Pdf

Author : Koigi Wa Wamwere
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609802684

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Negative Ethnicity by Koigi Wa Wamwere Pdf

"Negative ethnicity" is Koigi wa Wamwere’s name for the deep-seated tensions in Africa that the world has seen flare so terrifyingly. The genocide in Rwanda and "ethnic" killing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and elsewhere stand out as examples. Wa Wamwere argues that these clashes cannot properly be described as ethnically motivated; ethnicity, a positive distinction, has nothing of the hatred here at work. Negative Ethnicity gives a new picture of the force behind untold deaths on the continent, dispelling the myth of an intractable conflict waged along simple, ancient lines. Negative Ethnicity explains the roots, colonial and pre-colonial, of the current "ethnic" tensions. It goes on to describe how, for most Africans, ethnic identity is ambiguous, and analyzes why that fact is obscured. The culprits are many: chronic poverty, a broken education system, preying dictators, corrupt officials, the colonial legacy of hate, the ongoing exploitation of the West. Negative Ethnicity is both a history and a manual for change, intended to introduce Westerners to the crisis and to give Africans a new understanding of it. Perhaps never before has the problem been addressed with such clarity and insight.

Author : Eghosa E. Osaghae
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253211972

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The Crippled Giant by Eghosa E. Osaghae Pdf

"Crippled Giant is an excellent summary of Nigerian political history. . . . The work is notable for even-handed analysis of both history and theory. The result is an introduction of the highest quality to the study of Nigerian politics." —African Studies Review "Osaghae, an academic with a refreshingly neutral and understated approach to the maddening follies of his government, has produced a highly readable overview of Nigeria's politics, economy, and foreign relations. Rich in detail, his account is also a useful tour of earlier thematic treatments of the subject." —Foreign Affairs " . . . well-written, coherent narrative and thoughtful, balanced analysis of Nigeria's political history from 1960 to 1996." —A. H. M. Kirk-Greene, St. Antony's College, Oxford Eghosa Osaghae's study leads him to the conclusion that Nigeria's problems are not of recent making but can be traced to structural impediments from colonial times.

Author : Anthony A. Akinola
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781326270865

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Democracy in Nigeria: Thoughts and Selected Commentaries by Anthony A. Akinola Pdf

"Democracy in Nigeria - Thoughts and Selected Commentaries" consists of a series of essays which address a variety of issues bordering on good governance and the stability of the Nigerian state. While the author is optimistic about the future of his nation and proposes measures that can drive its democracy forward, he is unhappy that corruption, in particular, has impeded progress in an otherwise vibrant nation. He believes that proper education and a realistic federal arrangement provide the solution to religious intolerance and all the ills that are associated with it, while a more proactive population can actually tame the monster of corruption if they are genuinely worried that corruption has been responsible for their individual and collective plights.

Author : S. Adejumobi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230115453

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Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria by S. Adejumobi Pdf

This edited collection is the product of a National Research Working Group (NRWG) established by Said Adejumobi and supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). It analyzes the progress made in Nigeria since the return to democratic rule in 1999 and the prospects of democratic consolidation in the country.

Author : Jeffrey Steeves
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527530102

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Democracy Challenged in the 2022 Presidential Succession in Kenya by Jeffrey Steeves Pdf

This analysis of the 2022 presidential succession in Kenya examines the process’ evolution over time, not just in the stages closest to the presidential election. The live speeches, statements, press conferences, and rallies of the key actors are featured and analysed carefully. In Kenya, major television stations and regional stations are highly developed and offer a wealth of research opportunities. The book analyses the Roadside Rallies, which are a unique feature of Kenyan political campaigns in the face of State repression. An intense struggle took place leading up to the 2022 election. What made this succession special was the determination of the incumbent president to shape the succession to his will. In effect, the 2022 succession revealed the fault lines in the Kenya political class and the lengths an incumbent will go to assert his dominance over the succession process. The book explores the tools utilised by an Imperial President to circumvent legal and constitutional restrictions. For those interested in democracy in Africa, this study illustrates the very real barriers to its fulfillment.

Author : Jeremiah I. Dibua
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351152907

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Modernization and the Crisis of Development in Africa by Jeremiah I. Dibua Pdf

In this book, Jeremiah I. Dibua challenges prevailing notions of Africa's development crisis by drawing attention to the role of modernization as a way of understanding the nature and dynamics of the crisis, and how to overcome the problem of underdevelopment. He specifically focuses on Nigeria and its development trajectory since it exemplifies the crisis of underdevelopment in the continent. He explores various theoretical and empirical issues involved in understanding the crisis, including state, class, gender and culture, often neglected in analysis, from an interdisciplinary, radical political economy perspective. This is the first book to adopt such an approach and to develop a new framework for analyzing Nigeria's and Africa's development crisis. It will influence the debate on the development dilemma of African and Third World societies and will be of interest to scholars and students of race and ethnicity, modern African history, class analysis, gender studies, and development studies.

Author : Nuhu Ramalan Jibril Zaria
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Elections
ISBN : 9784950871

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Politics of Rotational Presidency and the Survival of Nigeria by Nuhu Ramalan Jibril Zaria Pdf

Author : Pavlos I. Koktsidis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781040098622

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Ethnofederalism in Cyprus by Pavlos I. Koktsidis Pdf

This book develops a holistic understanding of the intrinsic security concerns which lie at the heart of the protracted conflict in Cyprus. This work offers a well-grounded account of intractability in Cyprus by unfolding the rationale and prevalence of competitive approaches held by Greek and Turkish Cypriots alike. The analysis explains how crude security interests give birth to an existentialist security dilemma that has so far prevented Greek and Turkish Cypriots, and their security guarantors, from reaching a durable settlement. This book contains a systematic critique of the breadth and depth of the major security concerns embedded in the proposed federal bi‐zonal framework for Cyprus, uncovering the impetus and rationale of the underlying insecurities that prompt the Greek and Turkish sides to compete on a series of state‐building aspects, including the opposing understandings of self‐determination and sovereignty, the competitive underpinnings of federal institutional design, and the problematic role of third‐party involvement. This book ultimately unravels a deeper and more pragmatic understanding of how competitive security considerations and geopolitical considerations link up to ethno‐federal design in post‐conflict environments. This book will be of much interest to students of conflict studies, federalism studies, statebuilding, European politics, and International Relations.

Author : Sujit Choudhry
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199535415

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Constitutional Design for Divided Societies by Sujit Choudhry Pdf

How should constitutions respond to the challenges raised by ethnic, linguistic, religious, and cultural differences? In this volume, leading scholars of constitutional law, comparative politics and political theory address this debate at a conceptual level, as well as through numerous country case-studies.

Author : Jubil Aka
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780595388974

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Blacks Greatest Homeland by Jubil Aka Pdf

In the last six years, Nigeria has broken the grip of dictatorship, poverty, and corruption to emerge as one of Africa's most peaceful nations. A role model for other developing countries, Nigeria now enjoys its position as a peace and power broker, defying the odds of its past. Home to the world's greatest concentration of black people and led by President Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria now enjoys economic prosperity and the fruits of democracy. But these successes were fraught with challenges. The denigration and stereotyping of black people created a constant barrier to change, one that was not easily overcome. Dr. Jubril Olabode Aka delivers a compelling portrayal of Nigeria, focusing on the country's emerging force for tolerance and hope. Aka discusses such topics as peaceful conflict resolution, Nigeria's foreign policy, the government's success in eliminating fraud and corruption, and the need to eradicate discrimination. Blacks Greatest Homeland examines Nigeria's history, leadership, and future, offering an honest and positive look at the sweeping changes Nigeria has made in the last decade.

Author : A. Carl LeVan,Patrick Ukata
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192526311

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The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics by A. Carl LeVan,Patrick Ukata Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics offers a comprehensive analysis of Nigeria's very rich history and ever changing politics to its readers. It provides a deep understanding of Nigeria's socio-political evolution and experience by covering broad range of political issues and historical eras. The volume encompasses 44 chapters organized thematically into essays covering history, political institutions, civil society, economic and social policy, identity and insecurity, and Nigeria in a globalized world. By identifying many of the classic debates in Nigerian politics, the chapters serve as an authoritative introduction to Africa's most populous country. The chapters are interdisciplinary, introducing readers to classic debates and key research on Nigeria, as well as new methodologies, new data, and a compelling corpus of research questions for the next generation of researchers and readers interested in Africa.