Edlyne Eze Anugwom

Development in Nigeria

Promise on Hold?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book unravels the trajectories and dilemmas of development in Nigeria since its independence in 1960. By delving into the various factors that have influenced development efforts and initiatives, Development in Nigeria: Promise on Hold? aims to draw out lessons to help the country to achieve its potential.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780367349486
• ISBN-10: 0367349485
• Artikelnr.: 59451766

Autorenporträt

Edlyne Eze Anugwom is Professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Plethora of Near Misses and Grandstanding Rhetoric of
Nationalism 2. Nigeria: Country, Nation and People 3. Theorizing an Obvious
Absurdity 4. Between Public Trust and Private Profit: Political Corruption
and Development in Nigeria 5. An Ever-Malignant Tumour: Ethnic Virus and
Centrifugal Nationalism in Nigeria 6. The Struggle with Secularism:
Religious Conflicts and Violence in Nigeria 7. Boom and Bust: An Economy in
Quagmire - Oil and the Diminishing of Economic Development Prospects
8. From Election to Selection: Democracy, Leadership and Development in
Nigeria 9: The Niger Delta, Oil Conflict and the Minorities Question 10.
Beyond Bakassi: State, Democracy and the Resurgence of Biafran Nationalism
in Nigeria 11. Primordial Loyalties, Ethnonationalism and the General
Crisis of National Identity 12. Resource Distribution, Marginalization and
Sectionalism: Implications for Democracy and Development in Nigeria 13.
Federalism and Development in Nigeria: A Balancing Act or Retreat from the
Norm 14. Conclusion: Between Unity and Implosion