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John A. Ayoade was a political science professor at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, where he taught until his retirement. Ayoade was a Fulbright scholar at Boston University and dean of University of Ibadan’s Faculty of the Social Sciences.
Adeoye A. Akinsanya is a political science professor at the Tai Solarin University of Education in Nigeria. Akinsanya has received various fellowships from prestigious organizations, including the Ford Foundation, Fulbright, and the World Society Foundation.
Olatunde JB Ojo is an international relations professor at the Osun State University, Osogbo. Until his retirement from university service in 2009, Ojo was chair of the Department of Political and Administrative Studies and dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Port Harcourt.
List of Tables/Figure
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
John A. A. Ayoade, Adeoye A. Akinsanya and Olatunde JB Ojo
1. Jonathan’s Statecraft: A Case Study of Fuel Subsidy Controversy
John A. A. Ayoade
2. Jonathan’s Policy Shift Capacity and the International Ripples
Babatunde Oyedeji
3. Federal-State Relations
Gboyega Akinsanmi
4. Constitutional Reforms
Olatunde JB. Ojo
5. Executive-Legislative Relations
Adeoye A. Akinsanya and Gbenga Lawal
6. The Judiciary and the Rule of Law
Elijah Adewale Taiwo and Muyiwa Adigun
7. Jonathan and Management of National Security
Abiodun Alao
8. Ethnic Militias, Political Agitations and National Security
Tunde Odunlami
9. National Security Imperatives and Criminal Policy
O. Aigbovo and Patrick E. Igbinovia
10. Managing Ethno-Religious Conflicts in Nigeria
Adeoye A. Akinsanya, Simon Wilson, Muhammed Tanimu
and Gbenga Lawal
11. Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Strategies and Techniques
Bola Akinterinwa
12. Electric Power Delivery and Management Strategies
Wole Adegbenro
13. Jonathan’s Party Management: PDP Crises in Bayelsa,
Kogi and Sokoto States
Emmanuel E. Ojo
14. Jonathan’s Party Management: PDP National Convention
Hussaini Tukur Hassan
15. The Presidency and the Media
Adigun Agbaje, Lanre Idowu, Adewale Agbaje
and Adedamola Layade
16. The Limit of Public Opinion in a Liberal
Participatory Democracy
Jide Oluwajuyitan
Conclusion
John A. A. Ayoade, Adeoye A. Akinsanya and Olatunde JB Ojo
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors
“It is a rich compendium of original and analytical research work by Nigerian scholars on contemporary Nigerian politics. For me, the book finally settles the debate whether the Nigerian State is dead or just dying.”
— Chibuzo N. Nwoke, head of the Department of Politics and International Relations, Lead City University
“Researched and written in clear prose by some of the finest social scientists of this era, this book is indisputably a curtain-raiser, a window into Nigerian politics and leadership in a democracy…. A must read for anyone interested in understanding the workings of the Nigerian state, its federalism and democracy, and the role of leadership.”
— W. Alade Fawole, professor of international relations, Obafemi Awolowo University
“It is the best comprehensive and lucid study of Jonathan’s administration so far available and written by an impressive team of experts on Nigeria. There is the sense in which it can be said that this courageous intellectual effort has led the way for other works to follow in due course.”
— Victor A. O. Adetula, professor, University of Jos