Class, state, and Prebendal politics in Nigeria

Joseph, Richard

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“…Many concluded that such dynamics lead to weak democratic regimes that are easily toppled by various types of challengers. Such was the case, for example, in Joseph's account of 'prebendal' democracy in Nigeria (Joseph, 1987).…”

Section: Neopatrimonial Democracy?mentioning

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Neopatrimonialism and Democracy: An Empirical Investigation of Africa's Political Regimes

Sigman

Lindberg

2017

SSRN Journal

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Gothenburg. We performed simulations and other computational tasks using resources provided by the Notre Dame Center for Research Computing (CRC) through the High Performance Computing section and the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) at the National Supercomputer Centre in Sweden, SNIC 2016/1-382 and 2017/1-68. We specifically acknowledge the assistance of In-Saeng Suh at CRC and Johan Raber at SNIC in facilitating our use of their respective systems. The indices of neopatrimonialism used in this paper will be available for public use in V-Dem's v8 dataset, set to be released in April 2018 at www.v-dem.net. AbstractOne of the most common adjectives used to describe democracy in sub-Saharan Africa is "neopatrimonial." Characterized by strong executives, pervasive clientelism and use of state resources for political legitimation (Bratton and van de Walle 1997), neopatrimonial democracy has been (controversially) associated with a range of (mostly undesirable) social, political and economic outcomes. This paper offers an empirical assessment of neopatrimonialism in Africa's political regimes. We show that, contrary to conventional wisdom, African regimes vary both quantitatively and qualitatively in their embodiment of neopatrimonial rule. Moreover, we find no clear evidence indicating that neopatrimonialism necessarily impedes the advancement or survival of democracy.

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Section: Neopatrimonial Democracy?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Neopatrimonialism and Democracy: An Empirical Investigation of Africa's Political Regimes

Sigman

Lindberg

2017

SSRN Journal

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“…This governmental structure legalised a strong central control that individuals or groups of people have, over time, abused. Arguably, this abuse of power increases the social struggle for the control of resources and political positioning, as government offices and projects are used as means of wealth accumulation for individuals and groups (Joseph, 1983). From an organisational perspective, this is likely to impact differently, but may result in the same effect of social marginalisation.…”

Section: Class Age and Political Partisanshipmentioning

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A review of diversity management in Nigeria: Organizational and national perspective

Akobo¹

2016

J. Afr. Stud. Dev

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This study analyses Nigeria from a socio-cultural, economic and political construct, and evaluates the concept of diversity from an organisational and national perspective to help enhance the practice of diversity management in Nigeria perspective. It focuses on multinational corporations (MNCs) and hinges on a framework developed to illustrate, as well as prompt further discussions on social related structures in Nigeria that are likely to influence how diversity is managed. This includes dominant social dimensions, state institutions referred to as stakeholders and relevant national development indicators within the discourse of managing diversity. The study majorly examines literature on the historical development of Nigeria in order to provide an in depth understanding of the national context and to unveil structural dynamics in Nigeria that embrace the need to develop diversity management practices in the country.

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“…[27] Thus, with the termination of colonial rule, the notion of politics in Africa transformed for the worse. From a struggle and concerted effort to achieve a qualitative change in the lives of the African masses, African politics transformed into "the struggle to control and exploit the offices of the state" [28] by even dubious and violent means. Thus, in the immediate independent Africa, the people became captives as it was under colonial rule, but to their own leaders, who marginalised and manipulated them for self-aggrandisement.…”

Section: The Realisation Of Independence In Africa and The Emergmentioning

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The Quest for Political Liberation in Post-Colonial Africa: A Philosophical Analysis of the Role of the ‘Indigenous’ In the ReMaking Of Africa

Ukavwe¹

2014

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Class, state, and Prebendal politics in Nigeria

Cited by 82 publications

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Neopatrimonialism and Democracy: An Empirical Investigation of Africa's Political Regimes

Neopatrimonialism and Democracy: An Empirical Investigation of Africa's Political Regimes

A review of diversity management in Nigeria: Organizational and national perspective

The Quest for Political Liberation in Post-Colonial Africa: A Philosophical Analysis of the Role of the ‘Indigenous’ In the ReMaking Of Africa

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