1st Edition

Politics And Economic Development In Nigeria Updated Edition

By Tom Forrest Copyright 1996
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

Since the end of civil war in 1970, Nigeria has struggled to build a stronger federal center and to reduce conflicts resulting from uneven development and from ethnic, regional, class, and religious differences. This book provides a comprehensive account of the dynamic interplay between the political and economic forces that have shaped government policies, institutions, and the patterns of... Read more
About the Series -- Introduction: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Women’s Power and Influence -- Family Power and Influence: Beyond Formal Structures of Authority -- Differential Power of Women over the Life Course: A Case Study of Age-Roles as an Indicator of Power -- Women in Intergenerational Patterns of Power and Influence -- Mastery, Achievement, and Influence: Changes over the Life Course and Impact on Self-Esteem -- Women’s Self-Perceptions of Power and Influence Across Adult Life -- A Three-Generational Analysis of Change in Women’s Achievement Motivation and Power -- Mastery and Pleasure: A Two-Factor Model of Well-Being of Women in the Middle Years -- Power in the Workplace: Constraints and Potentials -- Racial-Ethnic Women and Work: Towards an Analysis of Race and Gender Stratification -- Powerless by Definition: Occupational and Pay Patterns of Women in the Workplace -- Women’s Power in the Workplace -- Commentary -- Women and Power Within the Historical Dynamic of Feminist Scholarship -- Sources and Effects of Women’s Power

Biography

"Tom Forrest is research associate at Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University. "