Limit your search
- The Nigerian Crucible: Politics and Governance in a Conglomerate Nation, 1977-2017[remove]23
Search Constraints
Filtering by:
Collection
The Nigerian Crucible: Politics and Governance in a Conglomerate Nation, 1977-2017
Remove constraint Collection: The Nigerian Crucible: Politics and Governance in a Conglomerate Nation, 1977-2017
1 - 23 of 23
Number of results to display per page
Search Results
-
- Description:
- This is the text of a public address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs delivered soon after the inauguration of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. It identified several priorities after fifteen and a half years of military government. The country’s eroded legislative, judicial, and other state institutions needed to be rebuilt...
- 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:
- This opinion piece, written by two long-term students of Nigerian politics, proposed a different course to the one taken following the death in mid-1998 of a military tyrant and the elected president he had imprisoned. It called for the creation of a caretaker national government of respected civilians that would...
- 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:
- 1998
- 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:
- More than taking Nigeria back into the “dismal tunnel” of military rule, after seizing power in November 1993, Sani Abacha raced through the playbook he knew as a senior member of Babangida’s junta. Like Babangida, he pushed back the announced date for the return to civilian rule, launched an exercise...
- 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:
- 1996
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- When this testimony was given, there was still hope that Ibrahim Babangida would transfer the presidency to the elected Moshood Abiola before he left office on August 27, 1993. In that way, Nigeria would join the wave of post-Cold War democratizing nations. I had earlier called for a “transition in...
- 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:
- 1993
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- A long-running wager took place between the Babangida regime (1985-1993) and Nigerian civic, professional and political groups that the former would honor its commitment to usher in a Third Republic via free and fair elections. The June 12, 1993 elections were as free, fair and competently administered as could be...
- 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:
- 1993
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- This paper was written at the midway point in the governing of Nigeria by a paradoxical individual, Ibrahim Babangida. It should provoke further studies of his 8-year rule, 1985-1993, that seemed transformative during much of this period but ended in disarray and disappointment. The ideological orientation of the Nigerian economy;...
- 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:
- 1989
- 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
-
- Description:
- An address delivered at the launching of the Nigerian edition of my book on prebendalism published by Spectrum Books (Ibadan), at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. It appeared in print in The Guardian (Lagos), June 5, 1991.
- 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
-
- 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
-
- Keyword:
- African Studies Association, Africa, and Nigeria
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- In this essay, key features of Nigerian governance since independence are reviewed. The military had ruled the county for thirteen years and civilian politicians, in two phases, had done so for ten. Military governments involved significant participation by civilians, so there was overlap between these successive systems. Moreover, the military...
- Keyword:
- military, Second Republic, corruption, Africa, governance, and state
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Date Created:
- 1984
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- The forcible ending of Nigeria’s second attempt at constitutional civilian rule since independence in 1960 is a mixed story. The 1983 general elections were tarnished by violence and fraud. They took place in a context of economic decline and policy disarray. However, the opposition still retained an important share of...
- Keyword:
- state, elections, Second Republic, Africa, Nigeria, Buhari, and Shagari
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- This article resumes the exploration of Nigeria’s political economy and the entrenchment of a prebendal mode of attitudes and behaviors. It takes up the shift to a mono-mineral export economy, the socio- economic proclivities of the dominant class, the considerable expansion in the state’s economic role, and the distinct pattern...
- Keyword:
- state, resources, Second Republic, class, democracy, Africa, Nigeria, political economy, and prebendalism
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- The building of the Second Republic required a military government, which had been deeply engaged in shaping the Federation over almost fifteen years, performing as an impartial umpire in the electoral choice of its successors. This complex process is dissected in this article together with an analysis of the relative...
- Keyword:
- military, elections, regime, Second Republic, democracy, Africa, Nigeria, and political parties
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Date Created:
- 1981
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- The building of a trans-ethnic political space, and a nation that commands the loyalty of the country’s citizens, have been persistent aspirations of Nigerian governments. The 1979 elections demonstrated that, however much political party leaders may seek to build a national following, they are “trapped” by ethnic and other sectional...
- Keyword:
- election results, elections, Muhammed, policy, Africa, Nigeria, Constitution, identity, political parties, campaign, and ethnicity
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- The 1979 Nigerian elections reflected the dedication of Nigerians to pursue democratic governance and the severe challenges to be overcome. The sweeping victory of the NPN, and the election of Alhaji Shehu Shagari as president, required a last-minute manipulation of the formula for achieving victory in the first round. After...
- Keyword:
- General Olusegun Obasanjo, Second Republic, democracy, Africa, Nigeria, governance, National Party of Nigeria, 1979 Elections, and state
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- In the years preceding the 1979 national elections, ideology featured prominently in political debates and consultations regarding the new constitutional order. Proponents of a social democratic system were particularly prominent. However, the actual formation of political parties, governed by the new requirements for national representation, and the resurgence of veteran...
- Keyword:
- state, elections, representation, democracy, Africa, Nigeria, governance, political parties, National Party of Nigeria, and ideology
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- A half-century of high revenues from petroleum export has failed to elevate more than a small percentage of Nigerians above the poverty level. The failure to manage the vicissitudes of global oil markets, and to grow other sectors of the economy, has led to constant budget deficits and unsustainable national...
- Keyword:
- oil, development, economy, Africa, Nigeria, growth, resource curse, and petroleum
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Description:
- The issues discussed in this essay - the fundamental objectives of the Nigerian state, public accountability, and a code of conduct for state officials - have been central concerns throughout its post- colonial history. Underlying these debates have been differing views about the best political economy model for Nigeria. The...
- Keyword:
- state, federation, democracy, Africa, Nigeria, constitution, and political economy
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Date Created:
- 1977
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Keyword:
- state, elections, governance , democracy, Africa, and Nigeria
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/04/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Date Created:
- 2017
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
-
- Keyword:
- state, development, democracy, Africa, Nigeria, and governance
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Alison Blythe Brockman
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Date Created:
- 2017
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper