Soldiers and Oil

ISBN-13: 9781032571669 / Twarda / 2023 / 376 str.

Opis

Soldiers and Oil (1978) examines Nigeria under military rule from 1966 to 1978, a period of political change as the army took control of the country, as well as economic – the period also saw a twenty-fold increase in Nigerian oil revenues.

Spis treści

Introduction Keith Panter-Brick  Part 1. The Military in Office  1. Back to the Barracks: A Decade of Marking Time Valerie P. Bennett and A.H.M. Kirk-Greene  2. Soldiers, Politicians and Civil Servants Henry Bienen with Martin Fitton  3. Army Reorganisation and Military Withdrawal Ian Campbell  4. Corrective Government: Military Rule in Perspective Martin Dent  Part 2. Political Economy  5. Elements of the Political Economy Douglas Rimmer  6. Commercial Capitalism and the 1975 Coup Terisa Turner  Part 3. Federal Reform  7. The Creation of States Ali D. Yahaya  8. The Politics of Revenue Allocation S. Egite Oyovbaire  Part 4. Local Government Reform  9. Introduction Keith Panter-Brick  10. A View from Ibadan Alex E. Gboyega and Oyeleye Oyediran  11. As Seen in Kaduna Abubakar Yaya Aliyu  Part 5. Constitutional Reform  12. The Constitution Drafting Committee Keith Panter-Brick

O autorze

Keith Panter-Brick