| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-275) and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) fast (OCoLC)fst00758275 |
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Elections -- Nigeria -- 21st century
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Democracy -- Nigeria
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Democracy.
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Elections.
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Politics and government.
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Innenpolitik
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Parteipolitik
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Politischer Wandel
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Wahl
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Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 2007- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009004626
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Nigeria.
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Nigeria
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108560467 |
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1108560466 |
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1108472494 |
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9781108472494 |
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1108459749 |
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9781108459747 |
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