Breakdown and reconstitution
Subtitle: democracy, the nation-state, and ethnicity in Nigeria
By: Abu Bakarr Bah.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Democratization -- Nigeria.; Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Nigeria -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-187) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : democracy, the nation-state, and ethnicity; title: The genesis of Nigeria and the elimination of the common enemy; title: Ethnicity and the breakdown of democracy and the nation-state; title: Nation-state building in postcolonial Nigeria; title: Varieties of institutional designs in postcolonial Nigeria; title: Conclusion : the breakdown and reconstitution of democracy in a postcolonial multiethnic nation-state.