Transition Without End : : Nigerian Politics and Civil Society Under Babangida / / ed. by Larry Diamond, Oyeleye Oyediran, Anthony Kirk-Greene.

The authors examine the rise and fall of democratic transition and structural adjustment in Nigeria during the eight-year regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985-1993), chronicling the country's descent from the promise of reform and renewal to an unprecedented political and economic depressi...

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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©1997
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (516 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Maps of Nigeria --
Introduction: The Politics of Transition Without End --
Part 1 The Transition --
1 The Remedial Imperatives of the Nigerian Constitution, 1922-1992 --
2 The Military --
3 The Political Bureau --
4 The Constituent Assembly and the 1989 Constitution --
5 Electoral Administration in the Early Transition --
6 Mobilizing for a New Political Culture --
Part 2 Parties and Politics --
7 Party Formation and Party Competition --
8 The Reorganization of Local Government --
9 The State Elections of 1991 --
10 The National Assembly Elections of 1992 --
11 The 1993 Presidential Election Imbroglio --
12 Crisis and Collapse: June-November 1993 --
Part 3 Problems of Governance --
13 The Rise and Fall of Structural Adjustment in Nigeria --
14 Indigeneity, Ethnicity, and Federalism --
15 The Judicial System and Human Rights --
16 Transforming the Civil Service --
Part 4 Civil Society --
17 Associational Life --
18 Religion and Politics: A View from the South --
19 Religion and Politics: A View from the North --
20 The Press --
Part 5 Conclusion --
21 Postscript and Postmortem --
Appendix 1 Chronology: 31 December 1983- 17 November 1993 --
Appendix 2 Acronyms --
The Contributors --
Index --
About the Book
Summary:The authors examine the rise and fall of democratic transition and structural adjustment in Nigeria during the eight-year regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985-1993), chronicling the country's descent from the promise of reform and renewal to an unprecedented political and economic depression.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781685856199
9783110784268
DOI:10.1515/9781685856199
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Larry Diamond, Oyeleye Oyediran, Anthony Kirk-Greene.