ISBN:
9781107440951
,
9781107081147
Language:
English
Pages:
XIX, 282 S.
,
graph. Darst.
Series Statement:
African studies 130
Series Statement:
African studies
DDC:
320.9669
Keywords:
Diktatur
;
Demokratie
;
Entwicklung
;
Good Governance
;
Nigeria
;
Dictatorship
;
Democracy
;
Economic development Political aspects
;
Democracy -- Nigeria
;
Dictatorship -- Nigeria
;
Economic development -- Political aspects -- Nigeria
;
Nigeria -- Economic conditions
;
Nigeria -- Politics and government
;
Nigeria Politics and government
;
Nigeria Economic conditions
;
Nigeria
;
Demokratie
;
Diktatur
;
Machtmissbrauch
;
Agency-Theorie
Abstract:
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of tables; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Government Performance in the Literature; The Regime Type Explanation: Does Democracy Deliver?; State Wealth: Poor States, Poor Performance?; Ethnicity Explanations: Primordialism and Parochialism; Leadership; An Alternative Explanation; The Structure of the Book; 1 A Theory of Institutions, Preferences, and Performance; Veto Player Theory: Defining the Terms; A Typology of Veto Players and Criteria for Identifying Them
Abstract:
Informal Institutions and Veto Power through Military Factions and Regional VetoesThe Policy Consequences of Veto Players; Factors Determining Veto Player Impact; Formulating Hypotheses from the "Distributional" and "Commitment" Traditions; Conclusion; 2 Veto Players in Nigeria's Political History since Independence; Two Veto Players in the First Republic's First Government (1960-1964); Coalition Collapse and the First Republic under a Single Veto Player (1965); The Aguiyi-Ironsi Regime: A Dictator's Ambitions Checked by a Regional Veto (1966)
Abstract:
Yakubu Gowon Contends with a Military Council Veto (1966-1975)Mohammed/Obasanjo: Three Veto Players and an Unexpected Succession (1975-1979); Partisan and Presidential Veto Players during the Second Republic (1979-1981); Three Institutional Veto Players and the Second Republic's Swift Decline (1982-1983); A Veto from Buhari, a Veto from Idiagbon (1984-1985); A Triumvirate of Veto Players during Babangida's Early Years (1985-1990); Pressure Builds for a Transition and a Fourth Veto Player Emerges (1990-1993); Abacha after the Failed Transition: From Two Veto Players to One (1993-1998)
Abstract:
Obasanjo's Return: Four Veto Players for the Fourth Republic (1999-2003)Obasanjo's Second Term and Institutionalization under Three Veto Players (2003-2007); Conclusion; 3 The Impact of Nigeria's Veto Players on Local and National Collective Goods; National and Local Collective Goods as Measures of Government Performance; Macroeconomic Performance; Judicial Performance; Education Policy Performance and Student/Teacher Ratios; Local Collective Goods and Government Consumption; Predicting Nigeria's Policy Performance with Veto Players; Controlling for Intervening Factors
Abstract:
Testing the Coordination HypothesisTesting the Logroll Hypothesis; Nigeria's Madisonian Dilemma; A Qualitative Examination of Policy Performance, 1961-2007; Postcolonial and Postwar Government Performance; The Second Republic and Nigeria's Second Attempt at Democracy; Authoritarian Rule: The Long Stretch, 1983-1999; The Return of Democracy, the Return of Obasanjo; Summary: Trends and Outliers; Conclusion; 4 Analytic Equivalents in Ghana and Zimbabwe; A Few Notes on the Uses of Case Studies; Ghana's Transformation from Institutional Uncertainty to Regime Formation
Abstract:
Background: Imperial Imprints on Society and Economy
Abstract:
This book argues that the structure of the policy-making process in Nigeria explains variations in government performance better than other commonly cited factors
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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