CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Antecedents and the Trajectory of History
CHAPTER 2: Political Culture and Institutionalization: Defining Characteristics
CHAPTER 3: Contested Discourse: Policy Dissonance and the Limits of Deliberative
Consensus
CHAPTER 4: Corruption and Development: Value Ethics in Comparative Perspective
CHAPTER 5: Corruption and Political Decay: An Institutional Footnote
CHAPTER 6: Corruption and Socialization: A Cultural Hypothesis
CHAPTER 7: Constructing Identities: Norms of Dissent and Political Action in the Niger
Delta
CHAPTER 8: Developing National Security Policy: Context and Competing Imperatives
CHAPTER 9: Strategic Fusion: The Making of a Grand Doctrine
CHAPTER 10: Reconciling State and Citizenship: Civic Culture and National
Development Planning
APPENDICES:
- Divergent Identities: A Social Constructivist Analysis of Conflict and Political Action in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. (Informed Consent Questionnaire AUM IRB 2009-28).
- Zonal ArcMaps: Hotspot Analysis of Geographical Clusters of Respondents’
Opinions
C. Respondents’ Sampled Opinions on Crucial Policy and National Issues
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Kalu N. Kalu is Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science & National Security Policy at Auburn University Montgomery, USA and Docent Professor at the University of Tampere, Finland.






