Author: Egodi Uchendu
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Women and Conflict in the Nigerian Civil War
Author: Egodi Uchendu
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Why We Struck
Author: Adewale Ademoyega
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Federal Solutions to Ethnic Problems
Author: Liam D. Anderson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136176861
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Exploring five distinct models of federal arrangement, this book evaluates the relative merits of each model as a mechanism for managing relations in ethnically divided societies. Two broad approaches to this issue, accommodation and denial, are identified and, from this, five distinct models of federal arrangement are derived. The models; ethnic, anti-ethnic, territorial, ethno-territorial, and federacy, are defined and then located within their broader theoretical tradition. Detailed case studies are used to evaluate the strengths and weakness of each model and highlight patterns in the success and failure rates of the universe of post-1945 federal arrangements. From this it is clear that two forms of ethnically defined federal arrangement – federacy and ethno-territorial federalism, are associated with low failure rates, while ethnic federalism has enjoyed a far higher rate of failure. The reasons for this are examined and the implications of this for the design of federal systems in ethnically divided societies are assessed. Federal Solutions to Ethnic Problems: Accommodating Diversity advances a new argument within the field of comparative politics, that certain forms of federal arrangement are systematically more successful than others in ameliorating ethnically conflicted societies and is essential reading for students and scholars with an interest in politics and the Middle East.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136176861
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Exploring five distinct models of federal arrangement, this book evaluates the relative merits of each model as a mechanism for managing relations in ethnically divided societies. Two broad approaches to this issue, accommodation and denial, are identified and, from this, five distinct models of federal arrangement are derived. The models; ethnic, anti-ethnic, territorial, ethno-territorial, and federacy, are defined and then located within their broader theoretical tradition. Detailed case studies are used to evaluate the strengths and weakness of each model and highlight patterns in the success and failure rates of the universe of post-1945 federal arrangements. From this it is clear that two forms of ethnically defined federal arrangement – federacy and ethno-territorial federalism, are associated with low failure rates, while ethnic federalism has enjoyed a far higher rate of failure. The reasons for this are examined and the implications of this for the design of federal systems in ethnically divided societies are assessed. Federal Solutions to Ethnic Problems: Accommodating Diversity advances a new argument within the field of comparative politics, that certain forms of federal arrangement are systematically more successful than others in ameliorating ethnically conflicted societies and is essential reading for students and scholars with an interest in politics and the Middle East.
The Traditional Political System of Ibusa
Author: M. Angulu Onwuejeogwu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ibusa (Nigeria)
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ibusa (Nigeria)
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Verbal Hygiene
Author: Deborah Cameron
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134960646
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In this book, Cameron explores popular attitudes towards language and examines the practices by which people attempt to regulate its use. She also argues that popular discourse about language values serves a function for those engaged in it.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134960646
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In this book, Cameron explores popular attitudes towards language and examines the practices by which people attempt to regulate its use. She also argues that popular discourse about language values serves a function for those engaged in it.
Oil, Politics and Violence
Author: Max Siollun
Publisher: Algora Publishing
ISBN: 087586709X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"An insider traces the details of hope and ambition gone wrong in the Giant of Africa, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. When it gained independence from Britain in 1960, hopes were high that, with mineral wealth and over 140 million people, the most educated workforce in Africa, Nigeria would become Africa s first superpower and a stabilizing democratic influence in the region. However, these lofty hopes were soon dashed and the country lumbered from crisis to crisis, with the democratic government eventually being overthrown in a violent military coup in January 1966. From 1966 until 1999, the army held onto power almost uninterrupted under a succession of increasingly authoritarian military governments and army coups. Military coups and military rule (which began as an emergency aberration) became a seemingly permanent feature of Nigerian politics. The author names names, and explores how British influence aggravated indigenous rivalries. He shows how various factions in the military were able to hold onto power and resist civil and international pressure for democratic governance by exploiting the country's oil wealth and ethnic divisions to its advantage."--Publisher's description.
Publisher: Algora Publishing
ISBN: 087586709X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"An insider traces the details of hope and ambition gone wrong in the Giant of Africa, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. When it gained independence from Britain in 1960, hopes were high that, with mineral wealth and over 140 million people, the most educated workforce in Africa, Nigeria would become Africa s first superpower and a stabilizing democratic influence in the region. However, these lofty hopes were soon dashed and the country lumbered from crisis to crisis, with the democratic government eventually being overthrown in a violent military coup in January 1966. From 1966 until 1999, the army held onto power almost uninterrupted under a succession of increasingly authoritarian military governments and army coups. Military coups and military rule (which began as an emergency aberration) became a seemingly permanent feature of Nigerian politics. The author names names, and explores how British influence aggravated indigenous rivalries. He shows how various factions in the military were able to hold onto power and resist civil and international pressure for democratic governance by exploiting the country's oil wealth and ethnic divisions to its advantage."--Publisher's description.
The Asaba Massacre
Author: S. Elizabeth Bird
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107140781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
An interdisciplinary study of the Asaba massacre, re-examining Nigerian history and enriching the understanding of post-conflict trauma and memory construction.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107140781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
An interdisciplinary study of the Asaba massacre, re-examining Nigerian history and enriching the understanding of post-conflict trauma and memory construction.
Community Organizing
Author: Ross J. Gittell
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780803957923
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Providing new insight into an important community development challenge, this text looks at how to stimulate the formation of community-based organizations and effective citizen action in neighbourhoods.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780803957923
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Providing new insight into an important community development challenge, this text looks at how to stimulate the formation of community-based organizations and effective citizen action in neighbourhoods.
Philosophy of Proverbs in Igbo Culture
Author: Francis Nwonwu
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496984196
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
The book is a philosophical and didactic discourse on thirty-six Igbo proverbs that center on the chicken. The chicken is used as a point of departure to illustrate the travails, vicissitudes, and triumphs people experience in life. The selected proverbs cut across many issues and teach morals that convey desirable ethical and moral standards in society.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496984196
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
The book is a philosophical and didactic discourse on thirty-six Igbo proverbs that center on the chicken. The chicken is used as a point of departure to illustrate the travails, vicissitudes, and triumphs people experience in life. The selected proverbs cut across many issues and teach morals that convey desirable ethical and moral standards in society.
Nigeria’s 2015 General Elections
Author: Ladi Hamalai
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319540963
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This book examines the significance of the 2015 elections in consolidating Nigeria’s democracy, in the context of the difficulty of routinizing democracy since the attainment of nationhood in 1960 and the return to civil rule in May 1999, in particular. It offers a complete analysis of Nigeria’s electoral process, outlining how the dynamics of limited changes in the constitutional, institutional, attitudinal and behavioural frameworks that underpin electoral competition played out in the elections. The authors further examine the conduct and outcome of the 2015 elections against the background of the pattern of electoralism that had been established since the return to democracy in 1999. In doing so, they draw attention to the dialectics of continuity and change that have been thrown up by the elections and how the lessons learned can be used to build a more enduring democratic system. The book will be of interest to students and academics of political science, development studies, democratisation and election studies, and African government and politics.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319540963
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This book examines the significance of the 2015 elections in consolidating Nigeria’s democracy, in the context of the difficulty of routinizing democracy since the attainment of nationhood in 1960 and the return to civil rule in May 1999, in particular. It offers a complete analysis of Nigeria’s electoral process, outlining how the dynamics of limited changes in the constitutional, institutional, attitudinal and behavioural frameworks that underpin electoral competition played out in the elections. The authors further examine the conduct and outcome of the 2015 elections against the background of the pattern of electoralism that had been established since the return to democracy in 1999. In doing so, they draw attention to the dialectics of continuity and change that have been thrown up by the elections and how the lessons learned can be used to build a more enduring democratic system. The book will be of interest to students and academics of political science, development studies, democratisation and election studies, and African government and politics.