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Description:: As many systems of military and autocratic rule came under challenge in Africa, Nigeria lost its leadership position in a democratizing era with the collapse of the Second Republic, 1979-1983. Four military heads-of-state followed. One of the most hopeful transitional experiments in Africa, conducted under General Ibrahim Babangida, 1985-1993, ended...
Keyword:: african politics and nigeria
Creator:: Richard Joseph
Depositor:: Chris Diaz
Owner:: Richard A Joseph
Date Uploaded:: 10/20/2017
Date Modified:: 10/24/2017
Date Created:: 2016-06-27
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Description:: This revised version of a paper presented at a conference at M.I.T. on State, Conflict, and Democracy in 1997 pulled together key dimensions of a Nigeria that had drifted far from constitutional and democratic governance. State and society had become increasingly criminalized; the educational system and other social sectors were...
Keyword:: african politics and nigeria
Creator:: Richard Joseph
Depositor:: Chris Diaz
Owner:: Richard A Joseph
Date Uploaded:: 10/24/2017
Date Modified:: 10/24/2017
Date Created:: 1999
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Description:: In this article, a Nigerian military system of governance is explicated. It was the dominant mode of governance in Nigeria until civilian rule was restored in 1999, initially under a former military ruler. Starting from the first military coup in January 1966, Nigeria experienced over 33 years of this system,...
Keyword:: african politics and nigeria
Creator:: Richard Joseph
Depositor:: Chris Diaz
Owner:: Richard A Joseph
Date Uploaded:: 10/24/2017
Date Modified:: 10/24/2017
Date Created:: 1987
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Description:: The suitability of the term “crucible” to capture the dilemmas of Nigeria is evident in this unpublished paper. After Ibrahim Babangida supplanted Muhammadu Buhari as the head-of-state in August 1985, Nigeria entered an arena of experimentation in several regards. Babangida is arguably the most dynamic, skilfull and charismatic leader in...
Keyword:: african politics and nigeria
Creator:: Richard Joseph
Depositor:: Chris Diaz
Owner:: Richard A Joseph
Date Uploaded:: 10/23/2017
Date Modified:: 10/24/2017

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