Crafting the New Nigeria : : Confronting the Challenges / / ed. by Robert I. Rotberg.

Is Nigeria, with its vast wealth in both human and natural resources, on the path to realizing its enormous potential? Or is it in danger of becoming a failed state? Crafting the New Nigeria considers the challenges that the country's leadership now faces, offering rich—and sobering—analyses of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2004
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (273 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
1 Troubled Nigeria: Great Opportunities, Tough Challenges --
2 Unity with Diversity: Toward Democratic Federalism --
3 Unity or Regionalism: The Nationalities Question --
4 Democratizing Nigeria’s Federal Experiment --
5 Reordering Nigerian Federalism: Making It More Confederal --
6 Getting the Politics Right: Governance and Economic Failure in Nigeria --
7 Nigeria as an Economic Powerhouse: Can It Be Achieved? --
8 The 2003 Elections: Hardly Credible, but Acceptable --
9 Principal Human Rights Challenges --
10 HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: The Challenges of a National Epidemic --
11 The Roots of Sectarian Violence, and Its Cure --
12 Needed: Better Leadership --
List of Acronyms --
Glossary --
Bibliography --
The Contributors --
Index --
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Summary:Is Nigeria, with its vast wealth in both human and natural resources, on the path to realizing its enormous potential? Or is it in danger of becoming a failed state? Crafting the New Nigeria considers the challenges that the country's leadership now faces, offering rich—and sobering—analyses of Nigeria's current political and economic systems.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781626370838
9783110784251
DOI:10.1515/9781626370838
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Robert I. Rotberg.