Author: L. K. JakandePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanitation
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Address by the Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, to the Children of Lagos State on the Occasion of 1982 Children's Day, May 27, 1982
Author: L. K. JakandePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanitation
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The National Bibliography of Nigeria
Author: National Bibliography of Nigeria
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Issues for 1973- include section: Nigerian periodicals, continuing the library's Nigerian periodicals, 1950-55.
The Action Years: An educational revolution : selected speeches of Alhaji Lateef Jakande on education, graduate unemployment, the nation and health
Author: L. K. JakandePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lagos State (Nigeria)
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of Nigeria
Author: Toyin FalolaPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863162
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Since independence in 1960, Nigeria has undergone tremendous change shaped by political instability, rapid population growth, and economic turbulence. The Historical Dictionary of Nigeria introduces Nigeria's rich and complex history. Readers will find a wealth of information on important contemporary issues like AIDS, human rights, petroleum, and faith-based conflict.
Class, Ethnicity, and Democracy in Nigeria
Author: Larry DiamondPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815624226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The overthrow in January 1966 of Nigeria’s First Republic erased what had been regarded as perhaps the most promising prospect for liberal democracy in post-colonial Africa. Marking the sweeping failure of parliamentary institutions across a continent of new nations, it accelerated the slide into a ghastly civil war. Class, Ethnicity and Democracy is the first scholarly study to analyze the evolution, decay, and failure of Nigeria’s First Republic and to weigh this crucial experience against theories of the conditions for stable democratic government. Rejecting explanations that focus on political culture, political institutions, or ethnic competition and conflict, Larry Diamond identifies the root of Nigeria’s democratic failure in the interrelationship between class, ethnic and state structures. This led the emergent dominant class in each region to mobilize and exploit ethnicity and to trample the democratic process in furious competition for state control, since that control was the primary means for accumulating wealth and consolidating class dominance. Tracing the polarization of conflict and the erosion of legitimacy through five major crises, Diamond presents a new methodology for analyzing the persistence and failure of democracies and points to the relationship between state and society as a crucial determinant of the possibility for liberal democracy.
Democracy and Prebendalism in Nigeria
Author: W. AdebanwiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137280778
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
Richard Joseph's seminal 1987 book Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria represented a watershed moment in the understanding of the political dynamics of Nigeria. This groundbreaking collection brings together scholars from across disciplines to assess the significance of Joseph's work and the current state of Nigerian politics.
The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa
Author: Roger StringerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
State Fragility, State Formation, and Human Security in Nigeria
Author: M. OkomePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137006781
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Since the 1990s, attempts at democratic transition have generated hopes for 'civil society' as well as ambivalence about the state. The interdisciplinary studies gathered here explore this dynamic through the complex interactions of state fragility, self-help, and self-organization in Nigeria. Nigeria stands as a particularly interesting case, as its multifaceted associational life extends far beyond civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs): as this volume reveals, there is a 'third sector' of Nigerian society encompassing everything from community self-help programs to ethno-religious affiliations to militias. Some of these formations have narrow, pragmatic aims, while others have an explicit socio-cultural or political agenda; most can be understood as compensating for the state's failure to deliver services and maintain regulatory frameworks. By examining the emergence of broader forms of civil society, this volume considers their successes while also assessing their costs and contradictions.
The Accidental Public Servant
Author: Nasir Ahmed El-RufaiPublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9788431461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
This is a story of Nigeria, told from the inside. After a successful career in the private sector, Nasir El-Rufai rose to the top ranks of Nigeria's political hierarchy, serving first as the privatization czar at the Bureau for Public Enterprises and then as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja under former President Olesegun Obasanjo. In this tell-all memoir, El-Rufai reflects on a life in public service to Nigeria, the enormous challenges faced by the country, and what can be done while calling on a new generation of leaders to take the country back from the brink of destruction. The shocking revelations disclosed by El-Rufai about the formation of the current leadership and the actions of prominent statesmen make this memoir required reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of power politics in Africa's most populous nation.