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Nigeria : dancing on the brink / John Campbell.
LIBRA JQ3090 .C36 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campbell, John, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnic conflict.
- Social conflict.
- Nigeria--Politics and government--2007-.
- Nigeria.
- Politics and government.
- Nigeria--Economic conditions--1970-.
- Economic conditions.
- Social conflict--Nigeria.
- Ethnic conflict--Nigeria.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 183 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2011]
- Summary:
- Nigeria is the African country of greatest strategic importance to the United States. And it is in danger of failing as a state. John Campbell, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, in Nigeria: Dancing on the Brink, analyzes the hollowing out of Nigerian governance, the insurrection in the oil patch, and religious and ethnic conflict in the North. Looking forward to the elections in 2011, he suggests policy options for the United States to help Nigeria escape state failure.
- Contents:
- 1 "Un Peu d'Histoire" 1
- 2 If Nigeria Is So Rich, Why Are Nigerians So Poor? 11
- 3 Who Runs Nigeria? 23
- 4 Faith 41
- 5 The Niger Delta 63
- 6 A President for Life? 79
- 7 The "Election-Like Event" of 2007 97
- 8 Washington and Abuja 115
- 9 Dancing on the Brink 135.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442206892
- 1442206896
- 9781442206915
- 1442206918
- OCLC:
- 646631592
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