Author

Publication

1998 - Africa World Press, Trenton, NJ, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

43,500 words, Guess

Page Count

174 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC966.905
  • LCCDT515.8 .B25 1998

Description

The book examines the class dimension of the Nigerian political crisis since 1960, when this culturally diverse nation assumed the stature of independent nationhood from the British imperial state. The writer posits that the ruling elite, whether constituted in the military or the civil society, consistently used ethnicity to secure its own class domination in the absence of a coherent class ideology. The author argues that the military transition agenda to a "democratic state" is nothing more than a ploy by the military elite and its civilian partners to perpetuate themselves in power in spite of international opposition.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryEthnicityImperialismSocial classesEthnic relationsPolitical aspectsColonial influence

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