1. Introduction: Plethora of Near Misses and Grandstanding Rhetoric of Nationalism 2. Nigeria: Country, Nation and People 3. Theorizing an Obvious Absurdity 4. Between Public Trust and Private Profit: Political Corruption and Development in Nigeria 5. An Ever-Malignant Tumour: Ethnic Virus and Centrifugal Nationalism in Nigeria 6. The Struggle with Secularism: Religious Conflicts and Violence in Nigeria 7. Boom and Bust: An Economy in Quagmire - Oil and the Diminishing of Economic Development Prospects 8. From Election to Selection: Democracy, Leadership and Development in Nigeria 9: The Niger Delta, Oil Conflict and the Minorities Question 10. Beyond Bakassi: State, Democracy and the Resurgence of Biafran Nationalism in Nigeria 11. Primordial Loyalties, Ethnonationalism and the General Crisis of National Identity 12. Resource Distribution, Marginalization and Sectionalism: Implications for Democracy and Development in Nigeria 13. Federalism and Development in Nigeria: A Balancing Act or Retreat from the Norm 14. Conclusion: Between Unity and Implosion
Biography
Edlyne Eze Anugwom is Professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
