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Nigeria since independence

forever fragile?

Jonathan N. C. Hill

Buch

englisch

Hill, Jonathan N. C. (Verfasser/-in) DNB

1. publ.

Palgrave Macmillan

Basingstoke

2012

XIII, 173 p.

978-0-230-29852-1

politics
nigeria
1960-

Summary:


Since the summer of 2009, Boko Haram has waged a ceaseless campaign against its growing list of enemies. It has mounted dozens of attacks right across northern and central Nigeria to devastating effect, killing and injuring many hundreds of people and hastening Nigeria's failure as a state. Yet, despite its failure, Nigeria has avoided breaking up. What forces are keeping Nigeria together? And for how much longer will they be able to do so?

Table of Contents:
Terms of Use
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Fear of Failure: Negative Sovereignty and the Birth of State Failurep. 8
The causes and consequences of state failurep. 10
Identifying failed statesp. 10
Failure to promote human flourishingp. 16
The spread and spread of the concept of state failurep. 17
Conclusionsp. 19
2 The Enemy Within: Insurgency and the Failure of the Nigerian Statep. 22
The ways and extent of Nigeria's failurep. 25
Boko Haramp. 26
The MENDp. 29
Failure to controlp. 32
Failure to promote human flourishingp. 34
Failure to provide securityp. 34
Failure to provide healthcare and educationp. 38
The dangers of disintegrationp. 39
Conclusionsp. 41
3The Emperor's New Clothes? Federalism, the Decline of Old Loyalties and the Rise of New Jealousiesp. 44
The post-independence background to federalismp. 46
The function of federalismp. 53
'Not a nation': federalism and the preservation of differencep. 54
A spur to ethnic tensionsp. 55
Damage to national unityp. 56
Damage to political rightsp. 58
Corruptionp. 59
Out of many came forth one: federalism and the quest for unityp. 62
Conclusionsp. 66
4Fuel to the Flames: Oil and Political Violence in Contemporary Nigeriap. 70
A brief history of the Nigerian oil industryp. 73
Oil and its lubrication of Nigeria's failurep. 80
Damage to the economyp. 80
Damage to the environmentp. 82
Damage to democracyp. 85
Corruptionp. 87
Failure to promote human flourishing and the spread of armed violencep. 88
Secessionismp. 89
On troubled waters: oil and its contribution to Nigeria's unityp. 91
Conclusionsp. 92
5Of the People but for the People? Nigeria and Its Armed Forcesp. 95
The legacy and reputation of Nigeria's armed forcesp. 99
The armed forces' contribution to Nigeria's failurep. 104
A failure to defendp. 105
The abuse of human rightsp. 108
The armed forces' efforts to prevent Nigeria's failure and disintegrationp. 109
Maintaining and preserving securityp. 110
Strengthening public participation and trust in the political processp. 112
Promoting social integration and harmonyp. 115
Conclusionsp. 118
Conclusionsp. 122
Notesp. 128
Select Bibliography p. 151
Indexp. 169

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