Political Culture, Change, and Security Policy in Nigeria

Informationen zum Autor Kalu N. Kalu is Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science & National Security Policy at Auburn University Montgomery, USA and Docent Professor at the University of Tampere, Finland. Klappentext This book explores how the historical development of social conditions and the current social structures shape understandings and constrain individual and collective actions within the Nigerian political system. It also delineates specific doctrinal models and strategic framework essential to the development of Nigeria's national security policy. Zusammenfassung This book explores how the historical development of social conditions and the current social structures shape understandings and constrain individual and collective actions within the Nigerian political system. It also delineates specific doctrinal models and strategic framework essential to the development of Nigeria’s national security policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Antecedents and the Trajectory of History CHAPTER 2: Political Culture and Institutionalization: Defining Characteristics CHAPTER 3: Contested Discourse: Policy Dissonance and the Limits of Deliberative Consensus CHAPTER 4: Corruption and Development: Value Ethics in Comparative Perspective CHAPTER 5: Corruption and Political Decay: An Institutional Footnote CHAPTER 6: Corruption and Socialization: A Cultural Hypothesis CHAPTER 7: Constructing Identities: Norms of Dissent and Political Action in the Niger Delta CHAPTER 8: Developing National Security Policy: Context and Competing Imperatives CHAPTER 9: Strategic Fusion: The Making of a Grand Doctrine CHAPTER 10: Reconciling State and Citizenship: Civic Culture and National Development Planning APPENDICES: Divergent Identities: A Social Constructivist Analysis of Conflict and Political Action in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. (Informed Consent Questionnaire AUM IRB 2009-28). Zonal ArcMaps: Hotspot Analysis of Geographical Clusters of Respondents’ Opinions C. Respondents’ Sampled Opinions on Crucial Policy and National Issues Bibliography Index ...

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• Authors: Kalu Kalu, Kalu (Auburn University Kalu, Kalu N. Kalu, Kalu N. (Auburn University Kalu, Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138475977
• ISBN: 978-1-138-47597-7
• No. of pages: 364
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Africa; Routledge Contemporary Africa
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nigeria, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Political corruption, Political structure & processes, Comparative Politics, Political structure and processes, Corruption in politics, government and society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies