Contemporary Nigerian politics : competition in a time of transition and terror /
A. Carl LeVan.
Bok Engelsk 2019 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jan 2019).. - Introduction -- The end of a new beginning: Nigeria's transition, 1999-2015 -- The rational counterterrorist? Economic policy and insurgent insecurity in Nigeria's 2015 presidential campaign -- Voting against violence? Economic uncertainty and physical insecurity in 2015 -- Electoral integrity, ethnic affinity and religious revival in Nigeria's party turnover -- Subnational subversion and institutional stress -- Conclusion.. - 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.
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| ISBN | 1-108-56046-6. - 1-108-62056-6
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