Nigeria's 2019 democratic experience / edited by Egodi Uchendu and Olawari D. J. Egbe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Egbe, Olawari D. J., editor.

Uchendu, Egodi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2022]

Summary:

Nigeria’s democratisation efforts since attaining political independence from Britain have been tumultuous and have spanned over three successive republics. A persistent bug decimating Nigeria’s democracy and repeatedly leading to military coups has been brazen electoral violence perpetrated by the nation’s political elite. Nigeria's 2019 Democratic Experience analyses and explains what went wrong in Nigeria’s experiment with democracy. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and the world’s seventh most populous nation, also contributes 70% of West Africa’s population. She is sub-Saharan Africa’s largest oil producer and has remained Africa’s largest economy by GDP since 2014. The country has hundreds of diverse ethnic nationalities and languages grouped into 36 states (or federating units) and an independent federal capital territory. Though recognized as Africa’s largest democracy, her democratisation process since the 1960s has remained tumultuous with massive electoral violence and political intolerance. This repeatedly compelled the military to intervene in the nation’s political history in the years 1966, 1983 and 1985. It is these developments that provided the motivation for this volume to capture for posterity the conduct of the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Map of Nigeria

Introduction: Interrogating Democratisation Deficits in Nigeria From the 2019 General Election

Political Parties, Political Opposition and Elections: Towards Consolidating Democracy in Nigeria

The Silent Western Votes and the Emergence of the Buhari/APC Presidency

Ruling and Opposition Parties' Reactions to External Interference in the 2019 Presidential Election

A Tale of Defective Democracy: De-Democratisation in Nigeria

INEC, the Electoral Process and the Conduct of Elections in 2019

Murdering Their Consciences, 'Right to Vote' and Ethno-Political Conflict in Lagos during the 2019 General Election

Thuggery and Election Violence in the 2019 Election

Electoral Politics and Violence in Taraba State

The Security Implications of Election-related Violence in Nigeria and the Way Forward

The Challenges of Election Security in Nigeria: A Study of the 2019 General Election

Beyond the 2019 General Election: Critical Lessons for Nigeria's Democratic Experiment

Appendix: Timetable and Schedule of Activities for 2019 General Elections Independent National Electoral Commission

List of Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Uchendu, Egodi Nigeria's 2019 Democratic Experience

ISBN:

9783110766561

3110766566