WP130: When politicians cede control of resources: Land, chiefs and coalition-building in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Why would politicians give up power over the allocation of critical resources to community leaders? This article examines why many African governments have ceded power over the allocation of land...
WP128: The roots of resilience: Exploring popular support for African traditional authorities
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
By 2010, it has become clear that in most of Africa, traditional authorities are a resilient lot, just as much a part of the “modern” political landscape as any constitution, legislature or...
WP127: Voting intentions in Africa: Ethnic, economic or partisan?
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper offers a first comprehensive account of popular voting intentions in Africa’s new electoral democracies. With reference to comparative aggregate and survey data from 16 countries, we...
WP126: Why do citizens assent to pay tax? Legitimacy, taxation and the African state
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Why do citizens assent to pay tax? On what condition do private individuals agree to commit their personal income to a public fund at the disposal of the state? What are the reciprocal...
WP123: Democratizing the measurement of democratic quality: Public attitude data and the evaluation of African political regimes
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Diamond and Morlino (2005) propose a quality of democracy framework that includes eight dimensions, but they suggest that only one of these – responsiveness – is susceptible to measurement...
WP122: Anchoring the “D-Word” in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Efforts to do comparative research on political attitudes have been complicated by varying understandings of “democracy.” The Afrobarometer is exploring new techniques to overcome this...
WP121: Political participation in Africa: Participatory inequalities and the role of resources
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
The aim of this paper is to examine the role of individual resource endowments for explaining individual and group variation in African political participation. Drawing on new data for more than...
WP120: Urban-rural differences in support for incumbents across Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Across sub-Saharan Africa support for incumbent governments is significantly higher among rural residents than urbanites, although the magnitude of this difference varies across countries. In this...
WP119: Citizen perceptions of local government responsiveness in sub-Saharan Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper examines local government performance from the perspective of users, with special attention to questions of responsiveness, representation and accountability. The results both confirm...
WP118: The ethnicity distraction? Political credibility and partisan preferences in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Much of the research on ethnicity, development and conflict implicitly assumes that ethnic groups act collectively in pursuit of their interests. Collective political action is typically...
WP117: African perspectives on China-Africa: Gauging popular perceptions and their economic and political determinants
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
China ’s recent political and economic inroads into Africa have generated much excitement in the current literature, with scholars and policymakers endeavoring to assess the merits and risks...
Merged Round 1 Codebook (12 countries) (1999 - 2001)
afrobarometer survey-resources (select-countries=nigeria)
Merged Data Codebook for the Round 1 Afrobarometer Survey.
Nigeria: Child well-being
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
The people's perspective
Nigeria Round 9 data (2022)
afrobarometer survey-resources (select-countries=nigeria)
Please note that the data is in .SAV format and you will need to have SPSS Software installed on your machine.
Nigeria climate change country card
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
The people's perspective on climate change in Nigeria.
Nigeria Round 8 data (2021)
afrobarometer survey-resources (select-countries=nigeria)
Please note that the data is in .SAV format and you will need to have SPSS Software installed on your machine.
Nigeria’s Twitter ban could backfire, hurting the economy and democracy
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
As featured in The Conversation-Africa
Le soutien à la démocratie demeure fort en Afrique, mais les « démocrates insatisfaits » qui peuvent garantir son futur sont peu
afrobarometer news-releases (select-countries=nigeria)
Selon une nouvelle enquête d'Afrobaromètre, la plupart des Africains désirent toujours la démocratie, mais moins d'un sur six se distinguent comme des « démocrates insatisfaits » qui...
Most Africans still want democracy, but fewer than one in six qualify as “dissatisfied democrats”
afrobarometer news-releases (select-countries=nigeria)
Nigeria Round 7 data (2017)
afrobarometer survey-resources (select-countries=nigeria)
Please note that the data is in .SAV format and you will need to have SPSS Software installed on your machine.
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