Overview
- Provides an in-depth discussion of politics in Nigeria
- Establishes a historical context for Nigeria's political development from precolonial states to the present federal system
- Includes interdisciplinary perspectives from history, economics, and public administration
Part of the book series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (AAESPD)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This volume engages in an in-depth discussion of Nigerian politics. Written by an expert group of Nigerian researchers, the chapters provide an overarching, Afrocentric view of politics in Nigeria, from pre-colonial history to the current federal system.
The book begins with a series of historical chapters analyzing the development of Nigeria from its traditional political institutions through the First Republic. After establishing the necessary historical context, the next few chapters shift the focus to specific political institutions and phenomena, including the National Assembly, local government and governance, party politics, and federalism. The remaining chapters discuss issues that continue to affect Nigerian politics: the debt crisis, oil politics in the Niger Delta, military intervention and civil-military relations, as well as nationalism and inter-group relations.Providing an overview of Nigerian politics that encompasses history, economics,and public administration, this volume will be useful to students and researchers interested in African politics, African studies, democracy, development, history, and legislative studies.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rotimi Ajayi is Professor of Political Science at Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria. A multi-disciplinary scholar, he obtained BSc and MSc degrees in political science, a PhD in history and a Masters in business administration. Professor Ajayi’s research interests include comparative politics, democratization and civil society, labor politics, political economy and international politics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nigerian Politics
Editors: Rotimi Ajayi, Joseph Yinka Fashagba
Series Title: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50509-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50508-0Published: 04 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50511-0Published: 04 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-50509-7Published: 03 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2198-7262
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 437
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Politics, Governance and Government, Development and Post-Colonialism