The Nigerian State and the Quest for a Stable Polity
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The conditions and causes of political stability have been debated from different ideological and theoretical perspectives. There is no agreement on its causes. Moreover, there is no clear conceptualization of what stability or instability actually is. Thus, while Claude Ake and…
BOOK REVIEWS
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Book reviewed in this article: Accommodating Protest: Working Women, the New Veiling, and Change in Cairo. By Arlene Elowe Macleod. The Patriarchal Paradox. Women Politicians in Turkey. By Yesim Arat. The Ottoman Empire and the World Economy: The Nineteenth Century. By Resat Kasa…
Book Reviews
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Book reviewed in this article: T.L. Maliyamkono and M.S.D. Bagachwa, The Second Economy in Tanzania. Paul van Gelder and Joep Bijlmer (eds). About Fringes, Margins and Lucky Dips. The Informal Sector in Third World Countries; Recent Developments in Research and Policy. Wil Panste…
Social Organization of Nigerian Law Enforcement: Its Effects on Police-public Relations
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Conflict and Intervention in Africa: Nigeria, Angola, Zaire. By Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe. New York: St. Martin's, 1990. 195p. $59.95. - The Superpowers and Africa: The Constraints of a Rivalry, 1960–1990. By Zaki Laidi. Chicago
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Embroidered Gown and Equestrian Ensembles of the Kano Aristocracy
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Les vetements portes par les membres masculins de l'aristocratie de l'Emirat du Kano au Nord du Nigeria refletent leur prestige social et leur pouvoir : les grandes toges (riga, girke) sur lesquelles sont brodes les motifs hausa (aska biyu, aska takwas), les turbans (rawani parmi…
Benefits from agricultural development projects: Another lesson from Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Book reviewed in this article: AUSTRALIA. A “DISTANT FIELD OF MURDER”: Western District Frontiers 1834–1848 By Jan Critchett. FEVERS AND FRONTIERS Edited by John Pearn and Mervyn Cobcroft. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF WESTERN ASTRALIA: Membership Register, Electoral Law and Statistics…
The New Zealand Law Commission's Report on the UNCITRAL Model Law
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Seeking Justice: Ethics And International Affairs
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In recent years, the theoretical importance and the practical necessity of ethical analysis in international affairs have both become well established. This book is a collection of case studies which have been selected to illustrate the variety of ethical concerns that arise in i…
Ethnic Conflict in the Military of Developing Nations: A Comparative Analysis of India and Nigeria
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Most armies of multiethnic countries have experienced, to varying degrees, ethnic tension within their ranks, a problem that has been especially acute in developing countries. This article seeks to contribute to an understanding of the dynamics of such conflict through a comparat…
Management and change in northern Nigerian local government
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Abstract This paper looks at some recent changes introduced by the Federal Government of Nigeria which seek a return to civilian rule in a stable polity. A first step in this policy has been completed with the election of chairmen and councillors at the local government level. Th…
Islam, Politics and Social Movements
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This book contains thirteen well-researched case studies on social movements in North Africa, India, the Middle East, and Iran. Each movement differs,as the issues and concerns vary according to area. This diversity is mademanageable by a neat categorization taking into account g…
NIGERIA AND THE NORTH— SOUTH DIALOGUE
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A thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University. in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of MSc. (International Relations), Faculty of Arts and Social Science Department of Political Science. Ahmadu Bello University. Zaria.
Investment in human capital
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No AccessStand Alone Books1 Feb 2013Investment in human capitalSchooling supply constraints in rural GhanaAuthors/Editors: Victor LavyVictor Lavyhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-2321-0SectionsAboutPDF (0.1 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwit…
Further readings in Nigerian industrial relations
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The Differential Impact of Economic and Experimental Variables on Disputes and Strikes in Nigeria
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This article examines empirically the impact of economic and experiential variables on industrial disputes and strike frequency in Nigeria. Using Data for the 1976-88 period, the study describes how the economic variables combine with previous strike experiences within the econom…
Occupational commitment and the mystique of self-employment among Lagos (Nigeria) port and dock workers
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This dissertation begins with a sketch of precolonial Nigerian social structure and its accompanying labor relations to provide a basis for assessing the ways in which colonialism gave rise to new social, economic and political institutions as the industrialization processes unfo…
Incomes policies, inflation and strikes in Nigeria, 1950—1985: an empirical investigation
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The effects of incomes policies and inflation on the incidence of strikes in Nigeria for the 1950–1985 period are examined. Studies have analysed extensively the determinants of strike activity in developed countries, however relatively little empirical analysis of strike determi…
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