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| Title: | Enduring Clientelism, Governance Reform and Leadership Capacity: A Review of the Democratization Process in Nigeria |
| Author: | Balogun, M.J. |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Contemporary African Studies |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Period: | July |
| Pages: | 237-260 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| Subjects: | patronage democracy Politics and Government |
| External links: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02589009708729613 http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4A938997DF4B0C4B57F1 |
| Abstract: | A plausible explanation for the abortion of political reform plans in sub-Saharan Africa is the absence of qualitative and sustained response from those who are supposed to manage the transition process - the leaders on the government and opposition sides. In a highly restricted (as against merely deflected) competitive environment, qualitative change in governance hinges largely on leadership. In the case of Nigeria, a monumental failure of leadership is at the root of the governance crisis and provides an explanation for the endurance of the clientelist politics which have undermined the capacity of government to govern. The aspiring rulers have failed to articulate, and unite behind, a clear governance reform agenda. The reactions of prodemocracy groups to a rentier system range from preservation, through modification, seizure and inheritance, to complete eradication. The incumbent rulers, the military, play one group against the other, deflecting competition away from themselves, as well as having placed myriad restrictions on their opponents. Bibliogr., notes. |
