Statism, youth and civic imagination : a critical study of the National Youth Service Corps Programme in Nigeria / Ebenezer Obadare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Obadare, Ebenezer.

Series:

Monograph series (Codesria)

Monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National service--Nigeria.

National service.

Young volunteers in community development--Nigeria.

Young volunteers in community development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, c2010.

Summary:

This study explores the service-citizenship nexus in Nigeria, using the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as an empirical backdrop. It attempts to understand the relationship between civic service and citizenship on the one hand, and it examines the question as to whether youth service promotes a sense of citizenship and patriotism on the other. In the relevant studies on service and sociology, the assumption that service is antecedent to, and impacts positively on citizenship, is taken for granted. However, conclusions from this study call for an urgent rethinking of this wisdom.

Contents:

Cover

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Idea of Service

2. Citizenship as Civic Duty

3. Interfacing Service and Citizenship

4. The NYSC: History and Rationale

5. The Development of the NYSC

6. Method of Research

7. The NYSC: Meaning, Perceptionand Interpretation

8. The NYSC: Performance Evaluated

9, The NYSC and Citizenship Values:Any Link?

10. The National Youth Service Scheme

11. Evaluation

Notes

References

Appendices

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [67]-69).

ISBN:

9786612710889

9782869783331

2869783337

9781282710887

1282710885

9782869784208

2869784201

9782869783324

2869783329

9782869783256

2869783256

OCLC:

694146837