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Informationen zum Autor John Adebunmi Ayoade, until his retirement in 2008, was a Professor of Political Science at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He holds a B.A. (Honours) Degree and PhD of the same University. He taught Nigerians Politics, among other courses, at the University of Ibadan and the University of Pennsylvania. He was also a Visiting Lecturer at Williams College, Massachusetts, Adjunct Faculty, Villanova University, and Senior African Fulbright Scholar, African Studies Centre, Boston University. He is a Member of the prestigious National Institute for Policy ad Strategic Studies, Kuru, Nigeria. Professor Ayoade who served on the 2005 Nigeria National Political Reform Conference was at various times Chair of the Department and later Dean of the Faculty of the Social Sciences. He was President of the Nigerian Political Science Association.Adeoye A. Akinsanya, a Professor of Political Science at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria holds a B.Sc Political Science, Summa Cum Laude of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan: M.A. and Ph.D Political Science of the University of Chicago and an MPA of The University of Pittsburgh. Professor Akinsanya who taught at the Universities of Lagos, South Carolina, Ilorin, Calabar and Uyo as well as the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State and the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. A recipient of the Ford Foundation Fellowship, Commonwealth University Academic Staff Fellowship, University of Ibadan Post-Graduate Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, World Society Foundation Fellowship, Visiting Research Fellowship at the Institute for Developing Economics, Tokyo and Senior African Fulbright Fellowship at the SAIS, The John Hopkins University, Washington DC. Professor Akinsanya has published widely in the fields of Political Economy, Public International Law, African Politics and Administrative Law. Klappentext Nigeria's Critical Election is an analytical exposition of the salient constitutional and political issues by Nigerian scholars who have studied, lived through, and taught those issues over the years. It offers a refreshing understanding of Nigerian politics which by issues, undertones, and sheer speed of political events are normally complex. Zusammenfassung Nigeria's Critical Election is an analytical exposition of the salient constitutional and political issues by Nigerian scholars who have studied! lived through! and taught those issues over the years. It offers a refreshing understanding of Nigerian politics which by issues! undertones! and sheer speed of political events are normally complex. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Nigerian Electoral Geography Since 1999 Stanley I. Okafor Chapter 2: Zoning of Political Offices in Nigerian: Patriotism or Plunder? John A. Ayoade Chapter 3: Electoral Infrastructure: INEC and the Electoral Law Adeoye A. Akinsanya and Linda Kwon-Ndung Chapter 4: Voters' Registration and Voters' Turnout Remi Anifowose and Emmanuel Onah Chapter 5: Sour Friendship: Electoral Politics in Imo and Abia States. 2007 - 2011 Nkolika E. Obianyo Chapter 6: Politics, Friends and Foes in Bayelsa State Henry Alapiki Chapter 7: Deadly Gladiators: Case Study of Oyo Politics Tunde Oyekanmi Chapter 8: Godfather Politics: The Collapse of Saraki Dynasty in Kwara State Politics Emmanuel E. Ojo and Ebenezer E. Lawal Chapter 9: The Elections in Lagos State As A Political Monologue Abubakar Momoh Chapter 10: The Battle of the Titans: Ogun State Politics Gboyega Akinsanmi Chapter 11: The Judiciary and Democracy in Nigeria: An Independent Messenger Elijah A. Taiwo Chapter 12: Curbing Electoral Violence in Nigeria Remi Anifowose and Adelaja O. Odukoya Chapter 13: Conclusion John A. Ayoade and Adeoye A. Akinsanya ...
