| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Oxford handbooks online |
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Oxford handbooks online.
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| Contents |
State Formation in Precolonial Nigeria / Nonso Obikili -- The Long Shadow of Nigeria's Military Epochs, 1966-1979 and 1983-1999 / Eghosa Osaghae -- The Legislatures in the First and Second Republics / Joseph Olayinka Fashagba -- Legislative Development and Decadence in the Fourth Republic National Assembly / Rotimi Suberu -- Civil Military Affairs and Military Culture in Post-Transition Nigeria / Max Siollun -- Executive Dominance and Hyper Presidentialism in Nigeria / Yahaya Baba -- Elections and Electoral Performance / Nkwachukwu Orji -- Drivers and Dynamics of Electoral Reform, 1999-2015 / Carl Levan, Abiodun Ajijola -- Progress and Setbacks in Nigeria's Anti-Corruption Efforts / Daniel Jordan Smith -- The People's Democratic Party: From the 1999 Transition to the 2015 Turnover / Adigun Agbaje, Adeolu Akande, Jide Ojo -- Fiscal Federalism, Subnational Politics, and State Creation in Contemporary Nigeria / Olufunmbi Elemo -- From Borno to Sokoto: Meaning and Muslim Identities in Northern Nigeria / Murray Last -- Sharia Politics, the 1999 Constitution, and the Rise of the Fourth Republic / Olufemi Vaughan -- The Judiciary in Nigeria Since 1999 / Patrick Ukata -- Nigeria's Non-Western Democracy: A Postcolonial Aspiration and Struggle with Opportunity, Conflict, and Transformation / Rita Kiki Edozie -- Civil Society in Nigeria / Darren Kew, Chris Kwaja -- In the trenches with Fela: Reassessing Political Music Culture before the Fourth Republic / Garhe Osiebe -- The Political Struggles of Nigerian Labor / Jon Kraus -- Women's Contemporary Struggles for Rights and Representation / Cheryl O'Brien -- Revenue and Representation: The Political Economy of Public Participation / Oliver Owen -- Human Rights Status in Nigeria Since Obasanjo' Second Coming / Idayat Hassan -- Precolonial Christianity and Missionary Legacies / Shobana Shankar -- Fiscal Policy during Boom and Bust / Kingsley C. Moghalu, Nonso Obikili -- The 'Resource Curse' and the Constraints on Reforming Nigeria's Oil Sector / Zainab Usman -- Nigeria's Petroleum Booms: A Changing Political Economy / Peter M. Lewis -- Nigeria's Response to the HIV epidemic / Olusoji Adeyi, Ayodeji O. Odutolu, John Idoko, Phyllis Kanki -- Islamic Social Movements and Political Unrest in Nigerian History / Abimbola Adesoji -- The Nigerian Civil War and the Biafran Secessionist Revival / Obi Nwakanma -- Colonial Rule / Toyin Falola, Matthew Heaton -- Crime, Cults and Informal Security / Kemi Okenyodo -- The Rise and Decline (and Rise) of the Niger Delta Rebellions / Omolade Adunbi -- The Origins of Boko Haram / Kyari Mohammed -- Boko Haram: Indigeneity, Internationalism, and Insurgency / Virginia Comolli -- Pastoralism, Ethnicity, and Subnational Conflict Resolution in the Middle Belt / Laura Thaut Vinson -- Land, Citizenship and the Laws of Disenfranchisement / Victor Adefemi Isumonah -- Faith, Fame, and Fortune: Varieties of Nigerian Worship in Global Christianity / Asonzeh Ukah -- The Pathology of Dependency: Sino-Nigerian Relatins as a Case Study / Ian Taylor -- Women's Protests in the Struggle for Independence / Chiedo Nwankwor -- Nigeria and the Commonwealth: Influence by accident or design / Elizabeth Donnelly, Daragh Neville -- Introduction / Carl Levan, Patrick Ukata -- Nigeria and the World: War, Nationalism, and Politics, 1914-1960 / Oliver Coates -- The Nigerian Novel in the Anti-Colonial Imagination / Cajetan Iheka -- The Anti-Colonial Struggle in Nigeria / Rotimi Ajayi -- The Atlantic Slave Trade and its Lasting Impact / Wasiq Khan -- Ecologies of Rule: Politics, Political Economy and Governing the Environment in Nigeria / Michael J. Watts |
| Summary |
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. It encompasses 44 chapters organised thematically into essays covering history, political institutions, civil society, economic and social policy, identity and insecurity, and Nigeria in a globalised world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 2, 2018) |
| Subject |
Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Nigeria -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091864
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Nigeria -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091880
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| Subject |
Nigeria
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
LeVan, A. Carl, editor.
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Ukata, Patrick, 1961- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191842467 |
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019184246X |
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