Nigeria's stumbling democracy and its implications for Africa's democratic movement
By: edited by Victor Oguejiofor Okafor ; foreword by Toyin Falola.
Contributors: Okafor, Victor Oguejiofor.
Publisher: Praeger Security International
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780313355868
Subjects: Elections -- Nigeria; Democratization -- Nigeria; Democratization -- Africa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Victor Oguejiofor Okafor; title: An overview of Nigeria's political history / Gloria Emeagwali; title: Nigeria's disputed elections and the resultant leadership legitimacy crisis / Victor Oguejiofor Okafor; title: Democracy on sale : the 2007 elections and the future of the democratic movement in Africa / Nkolika Ebele Obianyo; title: Dialectics of patronage politics and representative democracy : the case of Anambra State of Nigeria / Godwin Onu & Makodi Biereenu-Nnabugwu; title: Is electronic voting an answer to Nigeria's electoral problems? / Godwin Onu; title: The role of geographical zoning in Nigeria's democracy / Abayomi Ferreira; title: Nigeria's 2007 elections and the future of democracy in Africa : an optimistic view / Sylvester Odion-Akhaine; title: Nigeria's 2007 elections : a great danger for the future of democracy in Africa / Adeyinka O. Banwo; title: Nigeria's 2007 elections in comparative perspective : democratic capitalism and the crisis of democracy in Africa / Rita Kiki Edozie; title: Democracy and development in Africa : important lessons from African American history / Sule Bello.