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| Title: | Violence as Threats to Democracy in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic, 1999-2005 |
| Authors: | Aremu, Fatai Ayinde Omotola, J. Shola  |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Periodical: | African and Asian Studies |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 1-2 |
| Pages: | 53-79 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| Subjects: | political violence governance democratization Law, Human Rights and Violence Politics and Government |
| External link: | https://doi.org/10.1163/156921007X180587 |
| Abstract: | This article examines what it calls violence against democracy in Nigeria, epitomized by the perversion and gross inefficiency of democratic structures, institutions and processes by those saddled with the responsibility of nurturing them. It identifies the sources of the violence to be both internal and external, the former including the State, the constitution, political parties, civil society, mass media and public bureaucracy; and the latter basically the so-called New World Order and its 'anarchic' globalization. The paper also examines the forms and character of the violence, which are manifest largely in the criminalization and privatization of the State and its apparatus of governance. This may not be unconnected to the weak institutionalization of democratic structures and political culture, which have been further exacerbated by prolonged military dictatorship with its attendant culture of violence. The major recommendation of the paper is for a continuous process of social mobilization and political reengineering at all levels of governance within the context of a reformist and developmental State. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |
