Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford handbook of Nigerian politics / edited by A. Carl Levan and Patrick Ukata.

Publication

• Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• LeVan, A. Carl
• Ukata, Patrick, 1961-

Description

xxiii, 801 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics offers a comprehensive analysis of Nigeria's very rich history and ever changing politics to its readers. It provides a deep understanding of Nigeria's socio-political evolution and experience by covering broad range of political issues and historical eras. 0The volume encompasses 44 chapters organized thematically into essays covering history, political institutions, civil society, economic and social policy, identity and insecurity, and Nigeria in a globalized world. By identifying many of the classic debates in Nigerian politics, the chapters serve as an authoritative introduction to Africa's most populous country. The chapters are interdisciplinary, introducing readers to classic debates and key research on Nigeria, as well as new methodologies, new data, and a compelling corpus of research questions for the next generation of researchers and readers interested in Africa.

Series Statement

Oxford handbooks

Uniform Title

Oxford handbooks.

Subjects

• Nigeria > History
• Politics and government
• Nigeria > Politics and government
• History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / A. Carl LeVan and Patrick Ukata -- Part I: Locating Nigeria in African history -- 1. From Borno to Sokoto : meaning and Muslim identities in northern Nigeria / Murray Last -- 2. State formation in precolonial Nigeria / Nonso Obikili -- 3. Precolonial Christianity and missionary legacies / Shobana Shankar -- 4. The Atlantic slave trade and its lasting impact / Wasiq N. Khan -- 5. Colonial rule / Matthew M. Heaton and Toyin Falola -- 6. The anticolonial struggle in Nigeria / Rotimi Ajayi -- 7. Women's protests in the struggle for independence / Chiedo Nwankwor -- 8. The Nigerian novel and the anticolonial imagination / Cajetan Iheka -- 9. Ecologies of rule : politics, political economy, and governing the environment in Nigeria / Michael J. Watts -- Part II: Political institutions -- 10. The long shadow of Nigeria's military epochs, 1966-79 and 1983-99 / Eghosa E. Osaghae -- 11. Fiscal federalism, subnational politics, and state creation in contemporary Nigeria / Olufunmbi M. Elemo -- 12. The legislatures in the first and second Republics / Joseph Olayinka Fashagba -- 13. Legislative development and decadence in the Fourth Republic National Assembly / Rotimi T. Suberu -- 14. Sharia politics, the 1999 Constitution, and the rise of the Fourth Republic / Olufemi Vaughan -- 15. Executive dominance and hyper-presidentialism in Nigeria / Yahaya T. Baba -- 16. Civil military affairs and military culture in post-transition Nigeria / Max Siollun -- 17. Progress and setbacks in Nigeria's anticorruption efforts / Daniel Jordan Smith -- 18. The Judiciary in Nigeria since 1999 / Patrick Ukata -- 19. Elections and electoral performance / Nkwachukwu Orji -- 20. Drivers and dynamics of electoral reform, 1999-2015 / A. Carl LeVan and Abiodun Ajijola -- 21. The People's Democratic Party : from the 1999 transition to the 2015 turnover / Adigun Agbaje, Adeolu Akande, and Jide Ojo -- Part III: Civil Society -- 22. Civil society in Nigeria / Darren Kew and Chris M.A. Kwaja -- 23. The political struggles of Nigerian labor / Jon Kraus -- 24. In the trenches with Fela : reassessing protest political music culture before the Fourth Republic / Garhe Osiebe -- 25. Nigeria's non-Western democracy : a postcolonial aspiration and struggle with opportunity, conflict, and transformation / Rita Kiki Edozie -- 26. Women's contemporary struggles for rights and representation / Cheryl O'Brien -- 27. Human rights status in Nigeria since Obasanjo's second coming / Idayat Hassan -- 28. Revenue and representation : the political economy of public participation / Oliver Owen -- Part IV: Economic and social sectors : policies and peoples -- 29. Fiscal policy during boom and bust / Kingsley Moghalu and Nonso Obikili -- 30. Nigeria's petroleum booms : a changing political economy / Peter M. Lewis -- 31. The "resource curse" and the constraints on reforming Nigeria's oil sector / Zainab Usman -- 32. Nigeria's response to the HIV epidemic / Olusoji Adeyi, Oluwole Odutolu, John Idoko and Phyllis Kanki -- Part V: Identity and insecurity -- 33. Islamic social movements and political unrest in Nigerian history / Abimbola O. Adesoji -- 34. The origins of Boko Haram / Kyari Mohammed -- 35. Boko Haram : indigeneity, internationalism, and insurgency / Virginia Comolli -- 36. The Nigerian Civil War and the Biafran Secessionist Revival / Obi Nwakanma -- 37. The rise and decline (and rise) of the Niger Delta Rebellion / Omolade Adunbi -- 38. Crime, cults, and informal security / 'Kemi Okenyodo -- 39. Land, citizenship, and the laws of disenfranchisement / Victor Adefemi Isumonah -- 40. Pastoralism, ethnicity, and subnational conflict resolution in the middle belt / Laura Thaut Vinson -- Part VI: Nigeria in the world -- 41. Nigeria and the world : war, nationalism, and politics, 1914-60 / Oliver Coates -- 42. Nigeria and the Commonwealth : influence by accident or design / Elizabeth Donnelly and Daragh Neville -- 43. Faith, fame, and fortune : varieties of Nigerian worship in global Christianity / Asonzeh Ukah -- 44. The pathology of dependency : Sino-Nigerian relations as a case study / Ian Taylor.

Call Number

Sc F 19-27

ISBN

• 9780198804307
• 019880430X

LCCN

2018949672

OCLC

1026264199

Title

The Oxford handbook of Nigerian politics / edited by A. Carl Levan and Patrick Ukata.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford handbooks

Oxford handbooks.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

LeVan, A. Carl, editor.

Ukata, Patrick, 1961- editor.

Research Call Number

Sc F 19-27