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Title:Oil and Instability: Class Contradictions and the 1983 Coup in Nigeria
Authors:Turner, Terisa E.ISNI
Badru, Pade
Year:1985
Periodical:Journal of African Marxists
Issue:7
Period:March
Pages:4-34
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:coups d'état
1983
class relations
Ethnic and Race Relations
Politics and Government
Economics and Trade
Development and Technology
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Abstract:On December 31st, 1983 the civilian government of Nigeria was toppled by a military coup. This paper considers some of the class contradictions which contributed to circumstances in which the coup was possible. It explains what appears to be chronic instability in Nigeria, defined both in terms of frequent coups and changes of government; but also defined in terms of inability of the state to promote development (the accumulation of capital and the advancement of capitalist relations of production in Nigeria). Contents: introduction - the coup - middlemen and the instability of commercial capitalism - instability and international capital - commerce undermines production - conclusion. Bibliogr.
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