The remilitarization of Nigerian politics

Autores/as

  • Rotimi Ajayi University of Ilorin, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-303X.v0i18-19p23-51

Palabras clave:

Black Africa, civil power rupture, remilitarization, political arbitrge, perspectives.

Resumen

Rather than aspects of the military intervention theories, the author presents in this paper facts related to the rupture of civilian power and of democratic institutions in Nigeria, caused by the military take over in 1993. He approaches militarism as the arbiter of political disputes in that country, evaluating thre estages of the process: the July 1993 elections, the “Interim National Govenment" (ING), and what he calls the "messianic instincts" of the military junta. In his concluding remarks, he sketches the persp

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Rotimi Ajayi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
    Lecturer, Department of Political Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

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Publicado

1997-12-09

Número

Núm. 18-19 (1997)

Sección

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The remilitarization of Nigerian politics. África, [S. l.], n. 18-19, p. 23–51, 1997. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2526-303X.v0i18-19p23-51. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.usp.br/africa/article/view/74924.. Acesso em: 15 may. 2024.