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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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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 |
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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. |