Breakdown and reconstitution : democracy, the nation-state, and ethnicity in Nigeria /

Breakdown and reconstitution : democracy, the nation-state, and ethnicity in Nigeria /

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Author / Creator:	Bah, Abu Bakarr, 1969-
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2005.
Description:	x, 199 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Democratization -- Nigeria. Democratization. Ethnic relations -- Political aspects. Politics and government Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1960- Nigeria -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects. Nigeria.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5637415

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ISBN:	0739109545 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-187) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction : democracy, the nation-state, and ethnicity
2. The genesis of Nigeria and the elimination of the common enemy
3. Ethnicity and the breakdown of democracy and the nation-state
4. Nation-state building in postcolonial Nigeria
5. Varieties of institutional designs in postcolonial Nigeria
6. Conclusion : the breakdown and reconstitution of democracy in a postcolonial multiethnic nation-state.