Class, State, and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria (1983)

Richard Joseph

doi:https://doi.org/10.21985/N2T95Z

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Class, State, and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria (1983)

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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 of competition for access to public resources in all sectors of society. The sense of dissatisfaction with the achievements of Nigeria’s Second Republic, and mounting concern about its viability, are shown to reflect the combined effects of these fundamental problems.

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