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Nigeria's democratic experience in the fourth republic since 1999 : policies and politics. / edited by A. Sat Obiyan and Kunle Amuwo.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Nigeria.
- Democracy.
- Nigeria--Politics and government--1993-2007.
- Nigeria.
- Nigeria--Politics and government--2007-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (529 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book addresses various issues that have arisen in the practice of democracy in Nigeria since 1999, focusing on the Obasanjo years (1999-2007). Nigeria's return to democratic rule has been marked by many developments and challenges, discussed here with incisive analysis.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction; Section 1. INTRA AND INTER GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; Ch01. Intra-Executive Conflict in Nigeria's Presidential System (1999-2007); Ch02. Executive-Legislature Relationship; Ch03. Local Government in Federal-State-Local Relations, 1999-2006; Ch04. The Principles and Practice of Separation of Power in Nigeria; Ch05. Emergency Powers, Political Instability, and the Nigerian Constitution; Ch06. The Federal State in Obasanjo's Nigeria; Section 2. ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL PROCESSES; Ch07. Godfatherism and the Nigerian Polity
- Ch08. Party System and Political Conflicts in Nigeria's Fourth RepublicCh09. The Independent National Electoral Commission and the Challenges of Election Management; Ch10. Electoral Conflicts, the Judiciary, and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria; Ch11. Elections in Nigeria; Section 3. OIL POLITICS, REVENUE ALLOCATION, ETHNIC RELATIONS, AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE; Ch12. The Politics of Revenue Allocation in Nigeria; Ch13. Revenue Determination and Political Conflict in a Federal State; Ch14. Ethnic Nationalism and the Nigerian Democratic Experience in the Fourth Republic
- Ch15. Niger Delta Crisis and Nigerian DemocracySection 4. EDUCATIONAL REFORMS, RELIGION, POPULATION, AND GENDER ISSUES; Ch16. Nigerian Women, Ten Years after Beijing; Ch17. The Politics of Census in Nigeria; Ch18. The Obasanjo Regime's Educational Reforms and National Development; Ch19. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers; Section 5. THE LEADERSHIP QUESTION, CORRUPTION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY; Ch20. Personality, Corruption, and the Leadership Question in Nigeria; Ch21. Corruption and Anti-Corruption Strategies; Ch22. Local Government and the Challenges of Democratic Consolidation in
- Section 6. POVERTY ERADICATION AND ECONOMIC REFORMCh23. Poverty Reduction Strategies in Nigeria's Fourth Republic; Ch24. An Evaluation of the Effects of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (Needs)on Poverty Reduction in Nigeria; Ch25. An Appraisal of the Federal Government's Reform Policy of Re-engineering the Nigerian InsuranceIndustry towards Higher Productivity; Ch26. The Politics of Oil Deregulation; Ch27. The New Pension Reform; Ch28. Nigeria's 2004 Pension Reform Act; Section 7. THE LEGISLATURE, JUDICIARY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE NIGERIAN STATE
- Ch29. The Government, Human Rights, and the Rule of LawCh30. The Evolutionary Travails of the Nigerian State and Political System, 1914-1999
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed April 29, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-8807-1
- 1-283-84816-3
- 0-7618-5955-1
- OCLC:
- 854969561
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