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1 online resource (1 PDF (xviii, 160 pages)) |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE -- COLONIALISM AND THE HERITAGE OF MULTIPARTISM, 1914-1951; The Indirect Rule System; Unequal Educational Development: Government and Missions; The Emergence of Political Parties; Thomas' Regionalisation Theory; Party Development in Northern Nigeria; The Macpherson Constitution; CHAPTER TWO -- PRE-INDEPENDENCE PARTY POLITICS (1951-1960): THE EMERGENCE OF "TRIPARTISM"; Towards an Eclipse of the MacPherson Constitution; Towards A Federal Constitution; Federal Elections, 1954 |
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The First Post-Electoral CoalitionIntra-Party Conflict in the East: The Action Group makes an Inroad; Federal Elections, 1959; The Second Post-Electoral Coalition; CHAPTER THREE -- POST-INDEPENDENCE PARTY POLITICS (1960 1966): AN ERA OF CRISES AND SHIFTING ALLIANCES; Creation of Mid-Western Region; The Action Group Crisis of 1962; Ideological "Filtration' in the Action Group; UPP -- NCNC Alliance in the West; N.P.C./N.C.N.C. in Crisis; The 1964 Federal Election: The Emergence of Two National Alliances; The Third Post-Electoral Coalition; The 1965 Election In The West |
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CHAPTER FOUR -- THE MILITARY INTERLUDE AND EVENTS OF CONSEQUENCE TO THE PARTY SYSTEM, 1966-1979The Creation of States; The Civil War, 1967-1970; The Role of 'Western Nigeria' in the Crisis; Alleged Behaviour of 'Biafran' Troops In War-Affected Areas; Gowon's Policy of "No Victor, No Vanquished"; The Adoption of a Presidential Constitution; CHAPTER FIVE -- POST-MILITARY PARTY POLITICS, 1979 TO 1983: THE SCRAMBLE FOR THE PRESIDENCY; The Presidential Election; N.P.C./N.P.N. and N.C.N.C./N.P.P.: Fourth Post-Electoral (Coalition) Accord; Failure of the Accord: What Lessons? |
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Towards a Two-Party SystemN. N.A. Versus U.P.G.A. Revisited; N.N.A./N.P.N.: From Alliance to Fusion; Reviving U.P.G.A. -- "The 'Progressive Parties' Alliance" (P.P.A.); P.P.A. -- Problem of Fusion; CHAPTER SIX -- FROM MANUFACTURING A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM TO A POTENTIAL TWO-PARTY SYSTEM; Creating Two New Political Parties; Between Optimism and Pessimism; The Premature Death of an 'experiment'; Towards a New Order; PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Back cover |
| Summary |
This book is a comprehensive appraisal of the political history of Nigeria since colonisation, with emphasis on political parties. The author argues that party coalitions in Nigeria can be explained by the factors of heterogeneity as well as the political systems the country has experimented with. He asserts the influence of the institution of the presidency in the current trend towards a two-party system |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Political parties -- Nigeria
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Political parties
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Nigeria -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091880
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Nigeria
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789788431701 |
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9788431704 |
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9788431615 |
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9789788431619 |
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