1st Edition
Nigeria The Politics of Adjustment & Democracy
Edited By Julius Ihonvbere
Copyright 1994
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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Nigeria is in a long-standing crisis. Military rule has suffocated civil society and has entrenched a culture of repression, corruption, and official irresponsibility. The reign of Ibrahim Babangida has resulted in near total economic disaster for the country. The situation is so bad, as Julius Ihonvbere shows, that Nigerians are now saying that the days of colonialism were better. In this major... Read more
Introduction; The State and Underdevelopment in Nigeria; Foreign Policy in a Contracting Economy: Nigeria as Africa’s Great Power? The State and Academic Freedom in Nigeria; Economic Crisis and the Politics of Structural Adjustment in Nigeria; Transition to Democracy or Transition to Civilian Rule? Democratization under Difficult Conditions in Nigeria; Nigeria in the 1990s: The Future of Politics and Democracy
Biography
Julius Ihonvbere
