portada Understanding Modern Nigeria: Ethnicity, Democracy, and Development (en Inglés)

Understanding Modern Nigeria: Ethnicity, Democracy, and Development (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Toyin Falola

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Año

2021

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

690

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.4x19.6x3.6 cm

Peso

0.95 kg.

ISBN13

9781108947633

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Política y gobierno

Understanding Modern Nigeria: Ethnicity, Democracy, and Development (en Inglés)

Toyin Falola (Autor) · Cambridge University Press · Tapa Blanda

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Since its independence from Britain in 1960, Nigeria has emerged as Africa's second largest economy and one of the biggest producers of oil in the world. Despite its economic success, however, there are deep divisions among its two hundred and fifty ethnic groups. Centered around three of the dominant themes of Nigeria's post-colonial narrative - ethnicity, democracy and governance, this is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the history and events that have shaped these three areas. World-renowned expert in Nigerian history, Toyin Falola shows us how the British laid the foundations of modern Nigeria, with colonialism breading competition for resources and power and the widening cleavages between the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo ethnic groups that had been forced together under British rule, the choice of federalism as a political system, and the religious and political pluralism that have shaped its institutions and practices. Using an examination of the outcomes of this history, manifested in hunger, violence, poverty, human rights violations, threats of secession and corruption, where power and resources are used to reproduce underdevelopment, Falola offers insights and recommendations for the future of policy and the potential for intervention in the country.