1st Edition

Politics And Economic Development In

By Tom Forrest Copyright 1993
    254 Pages
    by Routledge

    254 Pages
    by Routledge

    Since the end of civil war in 1970, Nigeria has struggled to build a stronger federal center and to reduce conflicts that have arisen from uneven development and from ethnic, regional, class and religious differences. This book provides a comprehensive account of the dynamic interplay between the political and economic forces that have shaped gover

    Introduction -- State, Society, and Economy -- State, Society, and Economy: Historical Background -- Political Development -- Military Government and Politics, 1970–1979 -- A Hollow Democracy: Civil Rule, 1979–1983 -- The Return of the Military: The Buhari Regime -- The Babangida Regime -- Economic Development -- The State, Oil Dynamics, and the Economy, 1970–1979 -- Civil Rule and Economic Policy, 1979–1983 -- The State and Agriculture in the 1980s -- Structural Adjustment and National Accumulation

    Biography

    Tom Forrest was formerly a lecturer in economics at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He is currently a Research Associate at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, and is engaged in research on the growth of indigenous companies in Nigeria.