The Political Economy of Federalism in Nigeria

• Main Author: Babalola, Dele (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Federalism and Internal Conflicts
• Subjects: Political science.; Political economy.; Africa-Politics and government.; Peace.; Regionalism.; Governance and Government.; International Political Economy.; African Politics.; Conflict Studies.

This book uses the political economy approach to examine the relative failure of federalism in Nigeria. It shows the nexus between the political and the economic aspects of the country's federalism. The central feature of Nigeria's political economy is the relationship between oil resource...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction: Conceptual Approaches to Nigerian Federalism
• 2 Nigeria, a Federal State and Federal Society: the Origins
• 3 Oil-Centrism and Nigeria's Political Economy
• 4 Revenue Allocation in Nigeria
• 5 Secession and Self-determination in Nigeria
• 6 Nigeria: A Federation in Search of 'True Federalism'
• 7 Conclusion: Addressing Nigeria's Ailing Federal System.