Introducing Nigeria at fifty: the nation in narration

Adebanwi, Wale; Obadare, Ebenezer

doi:10.1080/02589001.2010.512737

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“…Many dub Vietnam as the rising “dragon,” following China’s trajectory of rapid economic development (Hayton 2010). Similarly, Nigeria is lauded as the up-and-coming “giant” right after South Africa (Adebanwi and Obadare 2010). In both cases, the mainstay regional powerhouses (China and South Africa, respectively) are experiencing economic slowdowns, which open up the possibility of new economic centers to take their place.…”

Section: Comparative Case Logic: Two Ascendant Nations Two Aestheticmentioning

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Political Economy of Embodiment: Capitalizing on Globally Staged Bodies in Nigerian Beauty Pageants and Vietnamese Sex Work

Balogun

Hoang

2018

Sociological Perspectives

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How do various stakeholders capitalize off of display workers’ bodies? This article uses a comparative-case approach to examine two different sites—beauty pageants in Nigeria and high-end sex workers in Vietnam—where women’s bodies are differentially staged with varying degrees of visibility. Theoretically, this article develops the concept of political economy of embodiment to account for a network of people onstage, backstage, and offstage who capitalize off displayed bodies in qualitatively different ways. Beauty pageants in Nigeria take place on highly visible national and global stages. Contestants’ bodies signal African beauty as being fashion-forward, which propels and integrates Nigeria into international arenas of diplomacy and trade. High-end sex workers in Vietnam work on a stage that is hidden from the general public yet open for a select group of Vietnam’s elites. Sex workers’ bodies are on display to project an ideal of Asian ascendancy in Vietnam’s market.

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Section: Comparative Case Logic: Two Ascendant Nations Two Aestheticmentioning

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Political Economy of Embodiment: Capitalizing on Globally Staged Bodies in Nigerian Beauty Pageants and Vietnamese Sex Work

Balogun

Hoang

2018

Sociological Perspectives

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“…The authors posited further that, even though Nigeria's population is youthful and rapidly increasing in that direction, with the mass presence of pressurising "youth who are not afraid to take risks and voice concerns… the vast youth bulge will need to be employed in the future; otherwise, Nigeria risks further instability" (P. 1, 33). Just as Adebanwi (2010) similarly pointed out, Rotberg (2007) correctly wrote in "As Nigeria goes, so goes Africa" that Nigeria remains zero-typical of Africa in critical indices such as politics, pluralism, economic development, terrorism, underdevelopment and corruption.…”

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Colonial Basis of Anomie in African Youth: Implications for Political Governance

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The festering phenomenon of morally deregulated conditions among African youths such as curricular impropriety, cult activities, from examination malpractice, cultism, viciousness, computer-related crimes, and sexual decadences depicts what Emile Durkheim (1893) used anomie to describe. Durkheim posited anomie as the inevitable expectations when societies become more complex, or organic, leading to impersonal behaviours, the dearth of the social bond, and normlessness. Emile Durkheim was a French Sociologist who had mobilised the coinage 'anomie' to explain the phenomenon of deregulated societies where interaction rules and expectations were breaking down. The demographic bulge in favour of youth in Africa has raised the stakes for the exacerbation of the lingering governance crisis should the youth continue to flounder in the disintegration of shared norms that hold the morality of societies firm from moral decadence. Most research studies have bordered on documenting that a good number of African youth have become enmeshed in depravities, such as lawlessness, violence, sharp practices, and scams. The focus of this paper provides an improved perspective by examining the social-economic and political foundations of irrational behaviour among African youth and the implications they portend. The paper argued that the youth in the modern States (former colonies) of Africa are unfortunate victims of a loose governance history: a manifestation of colonial masters' 'scramble for Africa' without a whiff of consideration for the fate of the youth and post-independent leaders, who simply continued in the same fashion. The modern-day political praxis in Africa of low participation of youth and lack of youth liberty and self-development is a carryover of not only the over-utilisation of elders as colonial proxies despite much aspiring youth but also the suppression of agitation by the youth against the commissioned elders. This conditioned many of the attitudes, which dominated policy-making and political victimisation of the youth in contemporary Africa. Thus, it is that colonial past that provided (or failed to provide) the definition of morality spectrum capable of insulating the youths against the festering anomic spree.

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“…The starting point was the assessment of the supposition that the form of the Nigerian federal structure is considered to be a principal reason for Nigeria's inability to achieve good governance and development Ekeh and Osaghae 1989;Adamolekun 1991;Nnoli 2008;Suberu 2010;Okpanachi 2010;Osagahae, 2010;Adebanwi and Obadare 2010), see Chapter 2. The research examines the critical factors that are responsible for the failure of the Nigerian federal structure to sufficiently fulfil the rationale for its adoption, which includes a framework for national development, cohesion and peaceful coexistence.…”

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“…The federal system was adopted in Nigeria as a framework for national development, accommodation and peaceful co-existence in a multi-ethnic society. Adebanwi and Obadare (2010) suggest that the federal system is presumed to be a potential solution to the challenges of ethno-regional diversity, resource accumulation and distribution, citizenship, individual rights and collective responsibility. However, from the review of the performance of the Nigerian federal system by Ekeh and Osaghae (1981), Adamolekun (1991), Nnoli (2008), , Suberu (2010), Okpanachi (2010), Osaghae (2010) Adebanwi and Obadare (2010) there seems to be a consensus that the federal system has not sufficiently fulfilled the essential rationale for its adoption as a system of government.…”

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Achieving Good Governance and Development in Nigeria Through Decentralization: A Case Study of Ondo State

Koledoye¹

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Decentralization through the political theory of federalism has been at the centre of policy experiments in the last six decades in Nigeria where development and governance institutions have embraced federalism, as a part of the process of political reform, based on the constitutional foundation for its adoption. Federalism is perceived to be the panacea for improvements in efficiencies of the public sector so satisfying the needs of the citizenry, ethnic, religious and political divides notwithstanding. By transferring decision-making powers closer to the grass roots, federalism improves governance, results in an equitable division of the national wealth and encourages critical development. Whilst the structure and process of government is crucial, it is not the sole determinant of what is considered to be good governance. Other factors that impact include the political culture in which subsidiary features such as corruption and civic activism influence the quality of federal governance. Federalism has largely failed to engender political stability and socioeconomic development in Nigeria. This research examines the major shortcomings in its implementation and a detailed analysis of such factors may help in laying the foundation for improvements in the system. v

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Introducing Nigeria at fifty: the nation in narration

Cited by 34 publications

References 54 publications

Political Economy of Embodiment: Capitalizing on Globally Staged Bodies in Nigerian Beauty Pageants and Vietnamese Sex Work

Political Economy of Embodiment: Capitalizing on Globally Staged Bodies in Nigerian Beauty Pageants and Vietnamese Sex Work

Colonial Basis of Anomie in African Youth: Implications for Political Governance

Achieving Good Governance and Development in Nigeria Through Decentralization: A Case Study of Ondo State

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