Nigeria - What Everyone Needs to Know (R)

Informationen zum Autor John Campbell is Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, and author of Morning in South Africa and Nigeria: Dancing on the Brink.Matthew T. Page is a fellow at the Centre for Democracy and Development in Abuja and an advisor with Transparency International's London-based Defense and Security Program. He is a former International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and previously served the U.S. intelligence community's top expert on Nigeria. Klappentext Nigeria is one of the most important democracies in the world! but scarcely examined. With its continent-wide influence in a host of areas! Nigeria's success as a democracy is in the fundamental interest of its African neighbors! the United States! and the international community. This volume provides interested readers with an accessible overview of essential questions related to widening inequality stemming from Nigeria's oil wealth! Nigeria's historic 2015presidential election! the persistent security threat of Boko Haram! Nigeria's subpar human rights and corruption records! and the continual conflicts that arise in a country that is demographically half Christian and half Muslim. Zusammenfassung In this overview of Africa's most populous country, Ambassador John Campbell and Matthew T. Page assess the socioeconomic, political, and security challenges that Nigeria is facing, as well as the country's future potential.

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• Authors: John Campbell, John (Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Afr Campbell, John (Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies Campbell, Matthew T. Page, Matthew T. (Fellow Page
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780190657970
• ISBN: 978-0-19-065797-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: What Everyone Needs to Know; What Everyone Needs to Know; What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, International Relations, Political science & theory, African History, Political science and theory, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies