Contemporary Nigerian Politics - Competition in a Time of Transition and Terror

Looks at how Nigeria's political parties compete for power in a context of transition, terrorism, and religious and ethnic tension.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The end of a new beginning: Nigeria's transition, 1999-2015; 3. The rational counterterrorist? Economic policy and insurgent insecurity in Nigeria's 2015 presidential campaign; 4. Voting against violence? Economic uncertainty and physical insecurity in 2015; 5. Electoral integrity, ethnic affinity and religious revival in Nigeria's party turnover; 6. Subnational subversion and institutional stress; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

A. Carl LeVan is Associate Professor at the American University in Washington, DC. His is the author of Dictators and Democracy in African Development: The Political Economy of Good Governance in Nigeria (Cambridge, 2015), co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics (2018), as well as various articles on Boko Haram, civil society, Abuja's development, and authoritarianism. He also worked as a technical trainer for Nigeria's National Assembly during the 1999 transition. LeVan's other publications include the co-authored Constituents before Assembly (Cambridge, 2017), which demonstrates the benefits of participatory constitution-making worldwide. He has published articles on power-sharing, constitution-making, African cabinet size, and the US military in Africa.

Product details

• Authors: A. Carl Levan, A. Carl (American University Levan, LeVan A. Carl
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781108459747
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45974-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political structures: democracy, Political Economy, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Elections & referenda, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Political parties and party platforms, Pressure groups & lobbying, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, Elections and referenda / suffrage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Opinion Polling