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- Title
Democratization and National Integration in Nigeria.
- Authors
Ifeanacho, Martin Ikechukwu
- Abstract
Nigeria has been democratizing since 1975. Democratization is closely associated with the enabling environment for political integration and development. Paradoxically, the history of democratization in Africa, Nigeria in particular has remained the history of national disintegration. In this paper we have situated the paradox within the colonial hegemonic legacies and their imperatives for the indigenous ruling class that must necessarily contented with a weak economic base by using the instruments of the state to acquire surplus. Simultaneously the same ruling class makes pretences at democratizing. We therefore posit that power has to transit from the ruling class to civil society for true democratization to emerge.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; NATIONAL unification; DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL integration; ECONOMICS; CIVIL society
- Publication
Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2009, Vol 6, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1819-8465
- Publication type
Article