Nigeria and the Politics of Survival as a Nation-stateThis volume addresses the struggles and strategies applied by the civilian and military administrations to resolve the issue of political instability in Nigeria. It examines its political history as an entity before Britain colonized the area, and the constitutional developments since 1914 when Britain amalgamated the northern and southern regions to form modern Nigeria. |
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1979 constitution Abubakar Tafawa Balewa administration AFRC Africa Today African Politics Ali Mazrui argued assumption Babangida Balewa basic behavior civilian Claude Ake Coleman colonial conflicting Constitutional Conference contended corruption country's coup Decree democracy democratic dominant economic elections electoral process elites Enugu ethnic groups example Falola and Ihonvbere federal further geo-ethnic Governor Gowon grassroots Hausa Hausa-Fulani Ibid Ibrahim Babangida indigenization institutions interests Ironsi issue Journal of Modern Kaduna Lagos Larry Diamond leaders leadership legitimacy London major military Modern African Studies nation-state national integration NCNC Nigerian politics northern NRC NRC NRC Obafemi Awolowo Ojukwu open ballot system political actors political associations political parties political stability political system politicians president presidential problems promote quest regime regions role scholars SDP SDP SDP Second Republic Shagari Shehu Shagari Sklar social strategy structure theory Third Republic traditional two-party system University Press Uwazurike West Africa York Yoruba