Nigeria''s Soft Power in Anglophone West Africa - Insights From Ghana and Liberia

This book investigates Nigeria's soft power capabilities in West Africa; demonstrating the extent to which the power of attraction may serve the country's foreign policy interests.

List of contents

Dedication List of Tables List of Figures Forward Acknowledgement Abbreviations. Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2: Soft Power: Theoretical, Conceptual, and Methodological Perspectives. Chapter 3. Classical Realism and Soft Power. Chapter 4. The West African Context. Chapter 5. Interrogating Nigeria's Soft Power Potential. Chapter 6. Nigeria's Foreign Policy Behaviour in West Africa. Chapter 7. Elite Attitudes towards Nigeria in Liberia and Ghana. Chapter 8. Foreign Policy Outcomes as a Measure of Soft Power Capability. Chapter 9. Conclusion

About the author

Fidel Abowei is a visiting lecturer at the Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, University of Buckingham, United Kingdom.

Summary

This book investigates Nigeria’s soft power capabilities in West Africa; demonstrating the extent to which the power of attraction may serve the country’s foreign policy interests.

Product details

• Authors: Fidel Abowei
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032500379
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250037-9
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: African Governance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, International Relations, Developing Countries, Warfare & defence, Social issues & processes, Regional Studies, Comparative Politics, Regional / International studies, Warfare and defence, Social and ethical issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies