1st Edition

Political Conflict and Economic Change in Nigeria

By Henry Bienen Copyright 1986
    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    194 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1985. In the early morning hours of 31 December 1984, the Nigerian military once again removed an elected head of state. A coup carried out by senior military officers ended the Second Republic which had been ushered in by elections at the end of 1979. Political Conflict and Economic Change in Nigeria is based on articles and essays written between 1978 and 1983.

    Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Oil Revenues and Policy Choice in Nigeria; Chapter 3 The Politics of Income Distribution: Institutions, Class and Ethnicity; Chapter 4 Religion and Economic Change in Nigeria; Chapter 5 The 1979 Nigerian Elections;

    Biography

    Henry Bienen Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University