ISBN:
9789811660580
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 497 Seiten)
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Edition:
1st ed. 2022.
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
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Keywords:
Africa—Politics and government.
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Elections.
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Political science.
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Political leadership.
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Executive power.
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Politisches System
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Entscheidungsprozess
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Politische Institution
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Ursache
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Politik
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Einflussnahme
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Interessenverband
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Interessenpolitik
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Nigeria
Abstract:
This book examines the structures and processes of political decision-making and governance in Nigeria. Since Nigeria returned to elected government in 1999, it has been observed that several factors account for the differences between the design of statutory structures and processes of political decision-making and how they operate in reality. In other words, there are wide gaps between statutes and practice of political decision-making. However, the nexus between the two remains largely understudied by political scientists. Instinctively, political scientists assume that informal influences in political decision-making are aberrations, episodic or temporary. This book is designed to interrogate the nexus between the formal and non-formal dimensions of the dynamics of political decision making in Nigeria and also provide evidence about the actual functioning of governmental structures in Nigeria. The thesis of the book is that the non-formal dimension of political decision making as evidenced in rising ethno-political patronages, religious sentiments, clientelism and factionalism, are interacting with formal decision-making structures in ways that largely undermine the latter and, by extension, the democratic system. The book pursues this thesis by examining the roles of actors and institutions including, electoral choices made by voters, legislations, which perhaps is the most fundamental form of political decision-making, policies made by the executive and administration, as well as decision making within political parties, since parties are sites for articulating and aggregating issues on which decisions are to be made. Okechukwu Ibeanu is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Israel ’Kelue Okoye is a Professor of Political Science and the Bishop of the Diocese of Ihiala (Anglican Communion). Ikenna Mike Alumona is a Professor of Political Science at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State, Nigeria. Ernest Toochi Aniche is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
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Part I Theoretical Foundation
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Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Political Decision-Making in Nigeria
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The Church as a Political Interest Group: Interrogating Amucheazi’s Study of Church and Politics in Eastern Nigeria
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Part II Political Institutions and Decision-Making in Nigeria
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The Non-formalization of Party Decision-Making in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic
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Non-formal Actors and the Governance of Political Parties in Nigeria
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Ethno-political Organisations as Political Pressure Groups in Nigeria
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Legislature and the Challenges of Lawmaking in Nigeria
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From Arbiter to Activist: The Role of the Judiciary in Nigeria Election Matters
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Power Contests Beyond the Electoral Arena: The Dynamics and Challenges of Election Management and Consolidation in Nigeria
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Intra-party Chicanery and Electoral Outcomes in Nigeria’s Presidential Elections
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Zero-Sum Politics: Ruling Parties and Political Opposition in Nigeria
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Servant or Master: The Civil Service and Governance in Nigeria
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Nongovernmental Organisations and Political Decision Making in Nigeria
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Part III Political Elites and the Dynamics of Political Decision-Making
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Democracy Without Demos!: Political Mobilisation, Public Opinion and Governance in Nigeria
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Democratic Decay or Democratic Autocracy? Party Primaries and the Challenges of Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria 1999–2019
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The Powerless Half? Women and Political Decision-Making in Nigeria
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Union Power: The Quest for Political Power by the Labor Movement in Nigeria
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Power Without Responsibility: The Role of Lobbyists in Nigeria’s Democracy
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Who Got What and Why? The Politics of Political Appointments in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic
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Politics of Regime Survival in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (1999–2019)
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The Dialectics of Political Godfatherism in Nigeria, 1999–2019
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Conclusion: The Limits of Formal and Non-formal Political Decision Making in Nigeria
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-16-6058-0
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