Civil society, conflict resolution, and democracy in Nigeria /Darren Kew.

Kew, Darren,

Civil society, conflict resolution, and democracy in Nigeria /Darren Kew. - First edition. - Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Competing visions of civil society -- Democratic theory and conflict resolution methods: gauging civil society's democratic impact -- Nigerian state and Nigerian civil society -- The traditional way: the first generation of Nigerian civil society -- The power of the social contract: the second generation of Nigerian civil society -- Replacing the receding state: the third generation of Nigerian civil society -- Nigerian civil society under authoritarian rule in the 1990s: the primacy of democratic structures in democracy promotion -- Epilogue: Nigerian civil society under the young democracy, 1999-2015 -- Appendix: Nigerian civil society groups.



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Civil society--Nigeria.
Democracy--Nigeria.
Conflict management--Nigeria.


Electronic Books.

JQ3096 / .C585 2016