Federalism and political restructuring in Nigeria /

Federalism and political restructuring in Nigeria / edited by 'Kunle Amuwo ... [et al.]. - Ibadan, Nigeria : Spectrum Books : IFRA, 1998. - xiii, 363 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nigerian federalism in historical perspective / Tekena N. Tamuno -- The development of the federal idea and the federal framework, 1914-1960 / Osarhieme Benson Osadolor -- Federalism, inter-ethnic conflicts, and the northernisation policy of the 1950s and 1960s / Olawale Albert -- Political restructuring as militarisation / Sanya Osha -- Beyond the orthodoxy of political restructuring : the Abacha junta and the political economy of force / 'Kunle Amuwo -- The federal character principle and the search for national integration / J.A.A. Ayoade -- The ideology of power sharing : an analysis of content, context, and intent / Adigun Agbaje -- Rotational presidency and state-building in Nigeria / 'Wale Are Olaitan -- The Constitutional Conference, political restructuring, and women's access to power / I. Bola Udegbe -- The federal character principle, consociationalism, and democratic stability in Nigeria / Dauda Abubakar -- Federal character principle and national integration / C.C. Agbodike -- On the ethics of ethnic balancing in Nigeria / Chris O. Uroh -- Federal character as an equity principle / David A. Utume -- Revenue allocation in Nigeria / Gini A. Mbanefoh and Festus O. Egwaikhide -- Revenue allocation commissions and the contradictions in Nigeria's federalism / Olutayo C. Adesina -- Revenue allocation and economics of federalism / G.D. Olowononi -- The impact of oil on Nigeria's revenue allocation system / Cyril I. Obi -- States' creation and the political economy of Nigerian federalism / Rotimi T. Suberu -- The executive under the Nigerian constitutions, 1960-1995 / J.D. Ojo -- Prognosis for the organisation of the executive arm of government in Nigeria's Fourth Republic / Bolade M. Eyinla -- The future of Nigeria's federalism / R.T. Suberu and A. Agbaje.

9789780290092

98208433


Federal government--Nigeria.


Nigeria--Politics and government.

JQ3086.S8.F47 1998

320.9669/09/045