Dictators and democracy in African development : the political economy of good governance in Nigeria /
LeVan, A. Carl.
Dictators and democracy in African development : the political economy of good governance in Nigeria / A. Carl LeVan. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (xx, 282 pages) : illustrations - African studies . - African studies series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-274) and index.
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Government Performance in the Literature -- The Regime Type Explanation: Does Democracy Deliver? -- State Wealth: Poor States, Poor Performance? -- Ethnicity Explanations: Primordialism and Parochialism -- Leadership -- An Alternative Explanation -- The Structure of the Book -- 1 A Theory of Institutions, Preferences, and Performance -- Veto Player Theory: Defining the Terms A Typology of Veto Players and Criteria for Identifying Them -- Informal Institutions and Veto Power through Military Factions and Regional Vetoes -- The Policy Consequences of Veto Players -- Factors Determining Veto Player Impact -- Formulating Hypotheses from the "Distributional" and "Commitment" Traditions -- Conclusion -- 2 Veto Players in Nigeria's Political History since Independence -- Two Veto Players in the First Republic's First Government (1960-1964) -- Coalition Collapse and the First Republic under a Single Veto Player (1965) Education Policy Performance and Student/Teacher Ratios -- Local Collective Goods and Government Consumption -- Predicting Nigeria's Policy Performance with Veto Players -- Controlling for Intervening Factors -- Testing the Coordination Hypothesis -- Testing the Logroll Hypothesis -- Nigeria's Madisonian Dilemma -- A Qualitative Examination of Policy Performance, 1961-2007 -- Postcolonial and Postwar Government Performance -- The Second Republic and Nigeria's Second Attempt at Democracy -- Authoritarian Rule: The Long Stretch, 1983-1999 -- The Return of Democracy, the Return of Obasanjo Pressure Builds for a Transition and a Fourth Veto Player Emerges (1990-1993) -- Abacha after the Failed Transition: From Two Veto Players to One (1993-1998) -- Obasanjo's Return: Four Veto Players for the Fourth Republic (1999-2003) -- Obasanjo's Second Term and Institutionalization under Three Veto Players (2003-2007) -- Conclusion -- 3 The Impact of Nigeria's Veto Players on Local and National Collective Goods -- National and Local Collective Goods as Measures of Government Performance -- Macroeconomic Performance -- Judicial Performance The Aguiyi-Ironsi Regime: A Dictator's Ambitions Checked by a Regional Veto (1966) -- Yakubu Gowon Contends with a Military Council Veto (1966-1975) -- Mohammed/Obasanjo: Three Veto Players and an Unexpected Succession (1975-1979) -- Partisan and Presidential Veto Players during the Second Republic (1979-1981) -- Three Institutional Veto Players and the Second Republic's Swift Decline (1982-1983) -- A Veto from Buhari, a Veto from Idiagbon (1984-1985) -- A Triumvirate of Veto Players during Babangida's Early Years (1985-1990)
This book argues that the structure of the policy-making process in Nigeria explains variations in government performance better than other commonly cited factors.
9781139962872 (electronic bk.) 1139962876 (electronic bk.) 9781316166857 (electronic bk.) 1316166856 (electronic bk.) 9781322521756 (electronic bk.) 1322521751 (electronic bk.)
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Dictatorship--Nigeria.
Democracy--Nigeria.
Economic development--Political aspects--Nigeria.
Dictature--Nigeria.
Développement économique--Aspect politique--Nigeria.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
Democracy.
Dictatorship.
Economic development--Political aspects.
Economic history.
Politics and government
Agency-Theorie
Demokratie
Diktatur
Machtmissbrauch
Nigeria--Politics and government.
Nigeria--Economic conditions.
Nigeria--Politique et gouvernement.
Nigeria--Conditions économiques.
Nigeria.
Nigeria
Electronic books.
JQ3090 .L48 2014eb
320.9669
Dictators and democracy in African development : the political economy of good governance in Nigeria / A. Carl LeVan. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (xx, 282 pages) : illustrations - African studies . - African studies series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-274) and index.
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Government Performance in the Literature -- The Regime Type Explanation: Does Democracy Deliver? -- State Wealth: Poor States, Poor Performance? -- Ethnicity Explanations: Primordialism and Parochialism -- Leadership -- An Alternative Explanation -- The Structure of the Book -- 1 A Theory of Institutions, Preferences, and Performance -- Veto Player Theory: Defining the Terms A Typology of Veto Players and Criteria for Identifying Them -- Informal Institutions and Veto Power through Military Factions and Regional Vetoes -- The Policy Consequences of Veto Players -- Factors Determining Veto Player Impact -- Formulating Hypotheses from the "Distributional" and "Commitment" Traditions -- Conclusion -- 2 Veto Players in Nigeria's Political History since Independence -- Two Veto Players in the First Republic's First Government (1960-1964) -- Coalition Collapse and the First Republic under a Single Veto Player (1965) Education Policy Performance and Student/Teacher Ratios -- Local Collective Goods and Government Consumption -- Predicting Nigeria's Policy Performance with Veto Players -- Controlling for Intervening Factors -- Testing the Coordination Hypothesis -- Testing the Logroll Hypothesis -- Nigeria's Madisonian Dilemma -- A Qualitative Examination of Policy Performance, 1961-2007 -- Postcolonial and Postwar Government Performance -- The Second Republic and Nigeria's Second Attempt at Democracy -- Authoritarian Rule: The Long Stretch, 1983-1999 -- The Return of Democracy, the Return of Obasanjo Pressure Builds for a Transition and a Fourth Veto Player Emerges (1990-1993) -- Abacha after the Failed Transition: From Two Veto Players to One (1993-1998) -- Obasanjo's Return: Four Veto Players for the Fourth Republic (1999-2003) -- Obasanjo's Second Term and Institutionalization under Three Veto Players (2003-2007) -- Conclusion -- 3 The Impact of Nigeria's Veto Players on Local and National Collective Goods -- National and Local Collective Goods as Measures of Government Performance -- Macroeconomic Performance -- Judicial Performance The Aguiyi-Ironsi Regime: A Dictator's Ambitions Checked by a Regional Veto (1966) -- Yakubu Gowon Contends with a Military Council Veto (1966-1975) -- Mohammed/Obasanjo: Three Veto Players and an Unexpected Succession (1975-1979) -- Partisan and Presidential Veto Players during the Second Republic (1979-1981) -- Three Institutional Veto Players and the Second Republic's Swift Decline (1982-1983) -- A Veto from Buhari, a Veto from Idiagbon (1984-1985) -- A Triumvirate of Veto Players during Babangida's Early Years (1985-1990)
This book argues that the structure of the policy-making process in Nigeria explains variations in government performance better than other commonly cited factors.
9781139962872 (electronic bk.) 1139962876 (electronic bk.) 9781316166857 (electronic bk.) 1316166856 (electronic bk.) 9781322521756 (electronic bk.) 1322521751 (electronic bk.)
683457 MIL
Dictatorship--Nigeria.
Democracy--Nigeria.
Economic development--Political aspects--Nigeria.
Dictature--Nigeria.
Développement économique--Aspect politique--Nigeria.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
Democracy.
Dictatorship.
Economic development--Political aspects.
Economic history.
Politics and government
Agency-Theorie
Demokratie
Diktatur
Machtmissbrauch
Nigeria--Politics and government.
Nigeria--Economic conditions.
Nigeria--Politique et gouvernement.
Nigeria--Conditions économiques.
Nigeria.
Nigeria
Electronic books.
JQ3090 .L48 2014eb
320.9669