Administration for Development in Nigeria

Administration for Development in Nigeria

Author: Paul D. Collins

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published:

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9781412816434

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This classic text, originally published in 1948, is a study of the public administration movement from the viewpoint of political theory and the history of ideas. It seeks to review and analyze the theoretical element in administrative writings and to present the development of the public administration movement as a chapter in the history of American political thought.The objectives of The Administrative State are to assist students of administration to view their subject in historical perspective and to appraise the theoretical content of their literature. It is also hoped that this book may assist students of American culture by illuminating an important development of the first half of the twentieth century. It thus should serve political scientists whose interests lie in the field of public administration or in the study of bureaucracy as a political issue; the public administrator interested in the philosophic background of his service; and the historian who seeks an understanding of major governmental developments.This study, now with a new introduction by public policy and administration scholar Hugh Miller, is based upon the various books, articles, pamphlets, reports, and records that make up the literature of public administration, and documents the political response to the modern world that Graham Wallas named the Great Society. It will be of lasting interest to students of political science, government, and American history.


Development and Diffusionism

Development and Diffusionism

Author: J. Dibua

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-12-04

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1137286652

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This book deconstructs the neopatrimonial paradigm that has dominated analysis of Nigerian and African development. It shows that by denying agency to Nigerian societies and devaluing indigenous culture and local realities, Eurocentric diffusionism played a significant role in the failure of development planning.


The Second Colonial Occupation

The Second Colonial Occupation

Author: Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2017-07-28

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1498529259

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In this insightful book, development historian Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina addresses the crisis of development in Africa by locating it in its colonial historical past. Using Nigeria as a case study, he argues that the nature and practice of British colonialism in this colony created social and economic deficiencies that have left a legacy of underdevelopment. Ukelina outlines the processes that led to the 1945 Nigerian Development Plan and the evolution of colonial agricultural policy and practices in Nigeria. He argues that a few key factors led to the failure of development in the late colonial period: the imperial and neocolonial imperative to exploit African resources and people, poor planning as a result of this imperative, and the racial ideologies of the colonial state that resulted in a total rejection of local African experience and knowledge in favor of Western ‘experts.’ The Second Colonial Occupation uncovers and analyzes the short and long term impact of colonialism. It reveals that though colonial rule was promoted as a benevolent mission, at heart, it was a system that guaranteed that Africans continuously paid for their own exploitation. Ukelina argues that ‘postcolonial’ Africa will continue to face development challenges unless it breaks free from the intellectual relics of colonial rule and the economic shackles of neocolonialism.


LABOR UNIONS AND POLITICS

LABOR UNIONS AND POLITICS

Author: Babafemi O. Elufiede

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-08-03

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1462827128

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Author's Address: 3306 Shannon Road ALBANY Georgia 31721 USA For more information, please visit www.Elufiede.com You May also purchase the book at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.


Modernization and the Crisis of Development in Africa

Modernization and the Crisis of Development in Africa

Author: Jeremiah I. Dibua

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-28

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1351152904

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In this book, Jeremiah I. Dibua challenges prevailing notions of Africa's development crisis by drawing attention to the role of modernization as a way of understanding the nature and dynamics of the crisis, and how to overcome the problem of underdevelopment. He specifically focuses on Nigeria and its development trajectory since it exemplifies the crisis of underdevelopment in the continent. He explores various theoretical and empirical issues involved in understanding the crisis, including state, class, gender and culture, often neglected in analysis, from an interdisciplinary, radical political economy perspective. This is the first book to adopt such an approach and to develop a new framework for analyzing Nigeria's and Africa's development crisis. It will influence the debate on the development dilemma of African and Third World societies and will be of interest to scholars and students of race and ethnicity, modern African history, class analysis, gender studies, and development studies.


A Dictionary of Economics and Commerce

A Dictionary of Economics and Commerce

Author: T. E. Daniel-Kagbare

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2014-03-17

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1491862548

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This book meets the requirements of the West African School Certificate (Ordinary Level), syllabus and similar exams. Students at the intermediate and undergraduate levels will also find it very useful. With thousands of entries, this book is rich in economic theory and history, statistics, diagrams and worked examples. It is intended to teach and enable the user to grapple with these subjects academically in a way that makes the subjects alive, and broadens and sharpens the outlook and worldview of the user. It is a handy resource material for the curious, intelligent reader - student, professional, executive, businessman etc. - and indeed anyone intent on making sense of the economic environment.


Industrialization in West Africa

Industrialization in West Africa

Author: J O C Onyemelukwe

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-05-01

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1040026397

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First published in 1984, Industrialization in West Africa is an authoritative text on the industrial development efforts, spatial characteristics and related problems of countries comprising the West African region. The book commences with a detailed description of the political and economic background against which the slow and unsteady pace of industrialization in each country can be appreciated. The analysis outlines the resource potential and historical evolution and structural characteristics of modern manufacturing in the region. The final section assesses the spatial characteristics of West African industrialization, the major problems inhibiting industrial development and frustrating efforts towards economic independence by each country. In conclusion the author considers remedial policy options open to West African countries, both individually and in a common market framework. This book is a valuable source material for all students of social science, geography, economics and regional planning.


Gowon

Gowon

Author: J. Isawa Elaigwu

Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd

Published: 2009-09-30

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1912234297

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In 1966, a soft-spoken 32-year old man emerged from relative obscurity and humble background to become Nigeria's Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. His name was Lt Col (later General)Yakubu Gowon. He emerged as the compromise candidate following the political crisis that engulfed the country after the July 1966 military coup that had led to the assassination of the country's first military Head of State, General Aguiyi Ironsi. At the end of the Civil War in 1970, General Gowon's doctrine of 'No Victor No Vanquished' greatly endeared him to many, and he was variously dubbed 'Abraham Lincoln of Nigeria', 'a soft spoken but dynamic leader' 'a real gentleman' and 'an almost faultless administrator'. However, after he was overthrown in a military coup in July 1975, long knives were drawn out for him, with the hitherto friendly press and public crying 'crucify him', and now variously vilifying him as 'weak' and of managing a purposeless administration that had led to the 'drifting' of the nation. In this book Professor J. Isawa Elaigwu attempts a scholarly political biography of someone he believes has rendered great serA-vices to the Nigerian nation despite his weaknesses as a leader. He rejects the notion that Gowon's nine years in office were 'nine years of failure' as the General's ardent critics posit, arguing that if it is possible to identify a number of thresholds in his administration, it is also possible to identify the approxiA-mate point in time when the strains of his administration became visible to observers and the public in general. He poses and methodically seeks answers to a number of fundamental questions: Who was Yakubu Gowon? Why and how was the reservoir of goodwill and credibility which he had accumulated by the end of the Civil War expended? What image of Nigeria did he have when he came into power? And did he ever achieve his objectives? The book, first published in 1986, has been revised and expanded for this edition


Economic Reforms and Modernization in Nigeria, 1945-1965

Economic Reforms and Modernization in Nigeria, 1945-1965

Author: Toyin Falola

Publisher: Kent State University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780873388016

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Created as a result of British colonialism, Nigeria emerged as a nation-state during the mid-20th century. Toyin Falola presents statistical data on Nigeria's economy that illustrate the nature of the changes made throughout the mid-20th century.