Crippled Giant Nigeria since Independence

Name: Crippled Giant Nigeria since Independence
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ISBN: 9780253211972

ISBN-10: 0253211972

ISBN-13: 9780253211972

Edition: 1998

Authors: Eghosa E. Osaghae

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Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 10/22/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Eghosa E. Osaghae taught politics at Ibadan University in Nigeria and is currently Professor and Head of Political Studies at the University of Transkei, South Africa. He is the author of Adjustment and Ethnicity in Nigeria and editor of Democratic Transition in Africa and Between State and Civil Society in Africa.



Preface


Abbreviations


Political Milestones in Nigeria, 1960-1996


Maps



Historical and Analytical Overview


Historical overview


The bases of Nigerian politics


The consequences of Nigeria's location in the global system



The First Republic, 1960-1966


Background


Political developments and build-up to the collapse of the Republic


The economy


Foreign policy



The First Phase of Military Rule, 1966-1979


The character and context of military intervention and rule


The Ironsi regime


The Gowon regime


The civil war


Post-war developments


The economy in the first phase of military rule


Foreign policy



The Second Republic, 1979-1983


Conceptual notes and background


The contextual framework


The major actors: political parties


The 1979 elections


Developments in the inter-election years


The 1983 elections


Collapse of the Republic


The economy


Foreign policy



The Return of the Military: The Buhari Regime, 1983-1985


The coup of 31 December 1983


'Pulling the country out of the economic mess'


A balance sheet


Foreign policy



The Babangida Years and After, 1985-1993


The 'redeemer' cometh?


Structural adjustment


The labyrinth of a political transition


Back to the transition: the remainder


The stirring of civil society and political conflicts


12 June and its aftermath


Foreign policy



The Abacha Regime, 1993-1996


The nature of Abacha's intervention and rule


Continued economic decline


A reluctant democratic transition?


Civil society eruption: Nigeria on the march again!


Foreign policy



Conclusion


References


Index