Understanding modern Nigeria : ethnicity, democracy, and development / Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falola, Toyin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Nigeria.

Social change.

Nigeria--Politics and government.

Nigeria.

Nigeria--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 672 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Since its independence from Britain in 1960, Nigeria has emerged as Africa's second largest economy and one of the biggest producers of oil in the world. Despite its economic success, however, there are deep divisions among its two hundred and fifty ethnic groups. Centered around three of the dominant themes of Nigeria's post-colonial narrative - ethnicity, democracy and governance, this is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the history and events that have shaped these three areas. World-renowned expert in Nigerian history, Toyin Falola shows us how the British laid the foundations of modern Nigeria, with colonialism breading competition for resources and power and the widening cleavages between the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo ethnic groups that had been forced together under British rule, the choice of federalism as a political system, and the religious and political pluralism that have shaped its institutions and practices. Using an examination of the outcomes of this history, manifested in hunger, violence, poverty, human rights violations, threats of secession and corruption, where power and resources are used to reproduce underdevelopment, Falola offers insigh

Contents:

Introduction

Narrating postcolonial Nigeria

In search of modernity

Context and history

Colonial modernity

Political pluralism

Religious identities

Federalism and its fault-lines

Democracy and governance

Ethnicities and political identities

Religion and geopolitics

Democracy and its limits

Governance, citizenship and the state

Development crises

Corruption

The political economy of oil

Environment and sustainable development

Food, society, and human capabilities

Women's marginalization

Human and minority rights

Political violence

Challenges of Western education

Reforms and revolutions

Change agents : youths and politics

Hashtags and social protests : reformation and revolution in the age of social media

Reformist opinion : grassroots and political activism

Revolutionary option : social movements and power to the citizens

Nationalist ethos, collective reformation, and citizenry power

Popular culture and politics

Conclusion: Pathways to the future.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2021).

ISBN:

9781108936866 (electronic book)

9781108944144

1108944140

9781108950374

110895037X

9781108936866

1108936865

OCLC:

1295280100