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Title: | The Promise of Constitutionalism and the Challenge of Militarism: Constraints and Possibilities of the Human Rights Movement in Nigeria |
Author: | Ibhawoh, Bonny |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | Democracy and Development: Journal of West African Affairs |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | June |
Pages: | 16-36 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | action groups human rights Politics and Government Law, Human Rights and Violence History and Exploration |
Abstract: | In comparing the different phases of the human rights movement in Nigeria, this paper examines the successes, travails and constraints of the human rights movement as it has evolved in Nigeria. It explores the ways in which the movement has contended with the dynamics of colonialism and militarism in the nation's political development. Overall, it evaluates the relevance, viability and legitimacy of the human rights movement in Nigeria within the context of changing sociopolitical realities. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in French. [ASC Leiden abstract] |