Politics and Economic Development in

ISBN-13: 9780367299071 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 254 str.

Tom Forrest

Opis

Politics and Economic Development in Nigeria provides a comprehensive account of the dynamic interplay between the political and economic forces that have shaped government policies, institutions, and the pattern of development in Africa's most populous country.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.