Transition Without End: Nigerian Politics and Civil Society Under Babangida

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 1997

Transition Without End

Nigerian Politics and Civil Society Under Babangida

Edited by: Larry Diamond , Anthony Kirk-Greene and Oyeleye Oyediran

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685856199

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Larry Diamond, Anthony Kirk-Greene and Oyeleye Oyediran Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Maps of Nigeria Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Introduction: The Politics of Transition Without End Larry Diamond, Anthony Kirk-Greene and Oyeleye Oyediran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1 The Transition
1 The Remedial Imperatives of the Nigerian Constitution, 1922-1992 Anthony Kirk-Greene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
2 The Military J. ’Bayo Adekanye Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
3 The Political Bureau Oyeleye Oyediran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
4 The Constituent Assembly and the 1989 Constitution Rafiu A. Akindele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
5 Electoral Administration in the Early Transition Eme O. Awa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
6 Mobilizing for a New Political Culture Adigun Agbaje Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Part 2 Parties and Politics
7 Party Formation and Party Competition Babafemi A. Badejo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
8 The Reorganization of Local Government Oyeleye Oyediran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
9 The State Elections of 1991 Dan Agbese and Etim Anim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
10 The National Assembly Elections of 1992 Eghosa E. Osaghae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
11 The 1993 Presidential Election Imbroglio Bola A. Akinterinwa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
12 Crisis and Collapse: June-November 1993 Rotimi T. Suberu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Part 3 Problems of Governance
13 The Rise and Fall of Structural Adjustment in Nigeria Thomas Biersteker and Peter M. Lewis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
14 Indigeneity, Ethnicity, and Federalism Daniel C. Bach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
15 The Judicial System and Human Rights Clement Nwankwo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
16 Transforming the Civil Service Ladipo Adamolekun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Part 4 Civil Society
17 Associational Life Adebayo O. Olukoshi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
18 Religion and Politics: A View from the South Rotimi T. Suberu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
19 Religion and Politics: A View from the North Omar Farouk Ibrahim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427
20 The Press Tunji Dare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	449
Part 5 Conclusion
21 Postscript and Postmortem Larry Diamond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	465
Appendix 1 Chronology: 31 December 1983- 17 November 1993 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
Appendix 2 Acronyms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	493
The Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	497
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	499
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	515

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 516

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Published: June 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781685856199