Encountering the Nigerian State

Encountering the Nigerian State
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 9780230109636
ISBN-13 : 0230109632
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Download or read book Encountering the Nigerian State written by W. Adebanwi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thisvolume advances extant reflections on the state constituted as the Ur-Power in society, particularly in Africa.It analyzes how various agents within the Nigerian society'encounter' the state - ranging from the most routine form of contact to thespectacular. While many recent collections have reheated the old paradigms - of the perils of federalism; corruption; ethnicity etc, our focus here is on encounter , that is, the nuance and complexity of how the state shapes society and vice-versa.Through this, wedepart from the standard state versus society approach that proves so limiting in explaining the African political landscape.

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