Encountering The Nigerian State
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Encountering The Nigerian State
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Author : W. Adebanwi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-07-05
Encountering The Nigerian State written by W. Adebanwi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-05 with Political Science categories.
Thisvolume advances extant reflections on the state constituted as the Ur-Power in society, particularly in Africa.It analyzes how various agents within the Nigerian society'encounter' the state - ranging from the most routine form of contact to thespectacular. While many recent collections have reheated the old paradigms - of the perils of federalism; corruption; ethnicity etc, our focus here is on encounter , that is, the nuance and complexity of how the state shapes society and vice-versa.Through this, wedepart from the standard state versus society approach that proves so limiting in explaining the African political landscape.
Statism Youth And Civic Imagination
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Author : Ebenezer Obadare
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2010
Statism Youth And Civic Imagination written by Ebenezer Obadare and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Civic service categories.
This study explores the service-citizenship nexus in Nigeria, using the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as an empirical backdrop. It attempts to understand the relationship between civic service and citizenship on the one hand, and it examines the question as to whether youth service promotes a sense of citizenship and patriotism on the other. In the relevant studies on service and sociology, the assumption that service is antecedent to, and impacts positively on citizenship, is taken for granted. However, conclusions from this study call for an urgent rethinking of this wisdom. Using data from open-ended interviews, questionnaires and focus group discussions, the study traces the ways in which political dynamics in Nigeria have affected the implementation of the NYSC programme. The study articulates allegiance to national ideals as an essential foundation for creating and nurturing citizenship. Although it upholds the potential of national service as a tool for national integration, this research cautions against unalloyed faith in its presumed agency, arguing that the limitations imposed by the prevailing socio-political ecology should not be ignored.
Contesting The Nigerian State
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Author : M. Okome
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-07-03
Contesting The Nigerian State written by M. Okome and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-03 with Political Science categories.
In public choice theory, the received wisdom has long been that self-organization is an impediment to collective action, whether via the tragedy of the commons or a Hobbesian scenario in which self-interest produces social conflict rather than cooperation. Yet as this fascinating collection shows, self-organization and state-society relations have been much more complicated in the context of contemporary Nigerian politics. Given the absence or unwillingness of the Nigerian state to provide essential services, entire communities have had to band together to repair roads, build health centers, and maintain public utilities, all from levies. The successes, failures, and ongoing challenges faced by Nigerian society provide valuable insights into the state's capacity, its relationship with civil society, and the social, economic, and political well-being of its citizens.
Nigeria At Fifty
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Author : Ebenezer Obadare
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
Nigeria At Fifty written by Ebenezer Obadare and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-13 with Political Science categories.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous and biggest democracy, celebrates her fiftieth year as an independent nation in October 2010. As the cliché states, ‘As Nigeria goes, so goes Africa’. This book frames the socio-historical and political trajectory of Nigeria while examining the many dimensions of the critical choices that she has made as an independent nation. How does the social composition of interest and power illuminate the actualities and narratives of the Nigerian crisis? How have the choices made by Nigerian leaders structured, and/or have been structured by, the character of the Nigerian state and state-society relations? In what ways is Nigeria’s mono-product, debt-ridden, dependent economy fed by ‘the politics of plunder’? And what are the implications of these questions for the structural relationships of production, reproduction and consumption? This book confronts these questions by making state-centric approaches to understanding African countries speak to relevant social theories that pluralize and complicate our understanding of the specific challenges of a prototypical postcolonial state. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary African Studies.
Governance And The Crisis Of Rule In Contemporary Africa
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Author : Ebenezer Obadare
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-02-09
Governance And The Crisis Of Rule In Contemporary Africa written by Ebenezer Obadare and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-09 with Political Science categories.
This volume advances the discussions of leadership in Africa's specific history, culture, economy, and politics. The book promotes an understanding of leadership and its paradoxes and illuminates the conditions under which political leadership has been produced, and how those conditions have shaped leaders.
Why Does Development Fail In Resource Rich Economies
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Author : Elissaios Papyrakis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-05-17
Why Does Development Fail In Resource Rich Economies written by Elissaios Papyrakis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-17 with Business & Economics categories.
There has been a lot of interest within the scientific and policy communities in the ‘resource curse’; that is, the tendency of mineral rich economies to turn into development failures. Yet, after more than 20 years of intensive research and action, ‘the curse’ still lingers as a very real global problem, because of volatile mineral prices, bad governance and conflict. This book incorporates current original research on the resource curse (from some of the most prominent contributors to this literature), combined with a critical reflection on the current stock of knowledge. It is a unique attempt to provide a more holistic and interdisciplinary picture of the resource curse and its multi-scale effects. This edited volume reflects the current academic diversity that characterises the resource curse literature with a mix of different methodological approaches (both quantitative and qualitative analyses) and a diverse geographical focus (Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, global). Taken together the studies emphasize the complexities and conditionalities of the ‘curse’ – its presence/intensity being largely context-specific, depending on the type of resources, socio-political institutions and linkages with the rest of the economy and society. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies.
Muslim Christian Encounters In Africa
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Author : Benjamin Soares
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2006-09-01
Muslim Christian Encounters In Africa written by Benjamin Soares and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with Social Science categories.
This timely collection offers new perspectives on Muslim-Christian encounters in Africa. Working against political and scholarly traditions that keep Muslims and Christians apart, the essays in this multidisciplinary volume locate African Muslims and Christians within a common analytical frame. In a series of historical and ethnographic case studies from across the African continent, the authors consider the multiple ways Muslims and Christians have encountered each other, borrowed or appropriated from one another, and sometimes also clashed. Contributors recast assumptions about the making and transgressing of religious boundaries, Christian-Muslim relations, and conversion. This engaging collection is a long overdue attempt to grapple with the multi-faceted and changing encounters of Muslims and Christians in Africa.
Mathematical Encounters
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Author : Paul Chika Emekwulu
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2010-12-29
Mathematical Encounters written by Paul Chika Emekwulu and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-29 with Mathematics categories.
Norman Author Pens Innovative Math Book "Mathematical Encounters for the Inquisitive Mind" a new work by Paul Chika Emekwulu of Norman takes an original approach to math. Emekwulu, an award-winning author and motivational speaker, hopes his works has something for everyone. The work is not strictly in line with any traditional curriculum. Sample Chapters include: A Student ́s Logic Under Trial: Verifying a summation strategy for first n Fibonacci numbers From Murder Scene to Building and Transforming Word Problems into Simple Equations Using Your Intuition for Self-Empowerment Mathematics Behind Bars: My Experience with U.S. Immigration (Courtesy of The Norman Transcript)
African Refugees
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Author : Toyin Falola
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2023-01-03
African Refugees written by Toyin Falola and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-03 with Social Science categories.
African Refugees is a comprehensive overview of the context, causes, and consequences of refugee lives, discussing issues, policies, and solutions for African refugees around the world. It covers overarching topics such as human rights, policy frameworks, refugee protection, and durable solutions, as well as less-studied topics such as refugee youths, refugee camps, LGBTQ refugees, urban refugees, and refugee women. It also takes on rare but emergent topics such as citizenship and the creativity of African refugees. Toyin Falola and Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso showcase the voices and experiences of individual refugees through the sweep of history to tell the African refugee story from the historical past through current developments, covering the full range of experience from the causes of flight to living in exile, all while maintaining a persistent focus on the complicated search for solutions. African Refugees recognizes African agency and contributions in pursuit of solutions for African refugees over time but avoids the pitfalls of the colonial gaze—where refugees are perpetually pathologized and Africa is always the sole cause of its own problems—seeking to complicate these narratives by recognizing African refugee issues within exploitative global, colonial, and neo-colonial systems of power.
World Christianity In Muslim Encounter
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Author : Stephen R. Goodwin
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-11-03
World Christianity In Muslim Encounter written by Stephen R. Goodwin and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-03 with Religion categories.
Global Christianity in Local Context and Muslim Encounter is a unique collection of essays in honour of David A. Kerr, well-known for his contributions in the areas of Christian-Muslim dialogue, Ecumenical Studies and Missions. With contributions from recognized experts in these fields, the book provides a platform for examining contemporary Christian-Muslim relations and critical issues facing twenty-first century Christianity. Volume 2 is a veritable Who's Who of renowned Christian and Muslim scholars that have shaped the course of Christian-Muslim dialogue over the last half century. Their contributions in this volume address contemporary and pivotal issues facing Christians and Muslims today, such as Islamophobia, Islamism, Religious Freedom, Inter-religious Challenges and Urbanism, Mission and Economic Globalisation, Suffering and Social Responsibility, and others.