Contemporary Nigerian Politics
Competition in a Time of Transition and Terror
- Author: A. Carl LeVan, American University, Washington DC
- Publication planned for: March 2019
- availability: Not yet published - available from March 2019
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108459747
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In 2015, Nigeria's voters cast out the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Here, A. Carl LeVan traces the political vulnerability of Africa's largest party in the face of elite bargains that facilitated a democratic transition in 1999. These 'pacts' enabled electoral competition but ultimately undermined the party's coherence. LeVan also crucially examines the four critical barriers to Nigeria's democratic consolidation: the terrorism of Boko Haram in the northeast, threats of Igbo secession in the southeast, lingering ethnic resentments and rebellions in the Niger Delta, and farmer-pastoralist conflicts. While the PDP unsuccessfully stoked fears about the opposition's ability to stop Boko Haram's terrorism, the opposition built a winning electoral coalition on economic growth, anti-corruption, and electoral integrity. Drawing on extensive interviews with a number of politicians and generals and civilians and voters, he argues that electoral accountability is essential but insufficient for resolving the representational, distributional, and cultural components of these challenges.
Read more- Focuses on how violence and terrorism impact elections in Nigeria
- Contributes to understandings of why Africa's largest political party lost power
- Examines reasons for the return of secessionism in Nigeria
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- Publication planned for: March 2019
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108459747
- dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
- availability: Not yet published - available from March 2019
Table 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.
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