Nigeria in the Twenty-first Century: Strategies for Political Stability and Peaceful CoexistenceEmmanuel Ike Udogu Africa World Press, 2005 - 277 من الصفحات Political stability and peaceful coexistence among Nigeria's diverse nationalities are imperative for development and democratic consolidation and could serve as a model for the region and Africa as a whole. This volume, put together by leading Nigerian scholars, addresses strategies for taming' the military to avoid future coups; solving the ethnic diversity question through national reconciliation; de-marginalising women in politics and society; reducing human rights violations through the law and many other issues. |
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General Introduction | 1 |
Civil Society and Universities in | 8 |
The Need for an Effective Policy of Ethnic | 41 |
Oil and Macroeconomic Policies in | 69 |
The Nature of the State Gender Politics | 91 |
Religion and State Formation | 113 |
Building a Sustainable Democracy | 161 |
Refugees of the Past Migrants of | 207 |
2003 Political Contest | 229 |
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List of Contributors | 259 |
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