Palgrave Macmillan
Elections and Electoral Violence in Nigeria
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9789811646515
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9789811646515
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$137.48
This book interrogates the nature of elections and election violence in the African countries. It traces the causes of the governance menace to multiple factors that are not limited to poverty, unemployment, and media. The book documents how election violence cripples the nation-building process across many African countries. Consequently, it reveals that states have lost their manifest destiny of national transformation in Africa because they cannot guarantee that legitimate candidates, who should win elections, due to the widespread manipulation of violence at all levels of electoral engineering. The chapters rely on the cases and changing dynamics of elections and electoral violence in the different Nigerian states. It traces the origins of elections, the nature and patterns of a number of past elections as well as the roles of youth, judiciary, electoral umpire, social media, and gender on the changing nature of elections in Nigeria.
| Author: Kelechi Johnmary Ani, Victor Ojakorotu |
| Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publication Date: Nov 28, 2021 |
| Number of Pages: 284 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 9811646511 |
| ISBN-13: 9789811646515 |
Elections and Electoral Violence in Nigeria
$137.48
This book interrogates the nature of elections and election violence in the African countries. It traces the causes of the governance menace to multiple factors that are not limited to poverty, unemployment, and media. The book documents how election violence cripples the nation-building process across many African countries. Consequently, it reveals that states have lost their manifest destiny of national transformation in Africa because they cannot guarantee that legitimate candidates, who should win elections, due to the widespread manipulation of violence at all levels of electoral engineering. The chapters rely on the cases and changing dynamics of elections and electoral violence in the different Nigerian states. It traces the origins of elections, the nature and patterns of a number of past elections as well as the roles of youth, judiciary, electoral umpire, social media, and gender on the changing nature of elections in Nigeria.
| Author: Kelechi Johnmary Ani, Victor Ojakorotu |
| Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publication Date: Nov 28, 2021 |
| Number of Pages: 284 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 9811646511 |
| ISBN-13: 9789811646515 |
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