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ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA POLITICS

Abstract The Nigerian second Republic 1979 – 83 political system was base on the struggle for power among parties. This involves conflicts of interest and the actors are always eager to achieve their interest at the expense of others. Therefore, to achieve their respective ultimate aims they reports to bickering and violence. Electoral violence in Nigerian politics can be regarded as a sort of response to frustrating circumstance. Elections in ...

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YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA: A TUMOUR IN THE NECK OF NIGERIA’S NASCENT DEMOCRACY

Abstract Democracy is regarded all over the world as one of the best forms of government. This assertion is not unconnected with the fact that the citizens are given the opportunity to elect leaders of their choice through elections. The chosen leaders in turn are expected to protect and provide for the welfare of the citizens who elected them to political positions in the areas of security to lives and ...

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FEAR OF CRIME AND ELECTORAL VIOLENCE: MAINSTREAMING GENDER

ABSTRACT Sexism has become a major problem in Nigerian politics. Women have been politically considered an endangered species, and their low participation in Nigerian government and politics is often associated with cultural, religious and economic constraints, and male chauvinism. Economically, some feminists perceive women’s marginality in the conduct and management of public affairs as arising from their entrenchment to the globalized capitalist relation of production. A relation, which ensures that ...

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ELECTORAL VIOLENCE AS A THREAT TO NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page         -           -           -           -           -           -           - Approval Page -           -           -           -           -           - Declaration      -           -           -           -           -           -           - Dedication       -           -           -           -           -           -           - Acknowledgement       -           -           -           -           -           - Abstract           -           -           -           -           -           -           - Table of Contents        -           -           -           -           -           - CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study         -           ...

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ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA POLITICS

ABSTRACT The Nigerian second Republic 1979 – 83 political system was base on the struggle for power among parties. This involves conflicts of interest and the actors are always eager to achieve their interest at the expense of others. Therefore, to achieve their respective ultimate aims they reports to bickering and violence. Electoral violence in Nigerian politics can be regarded as a sort of response to frustrating circumstance. Elections in ...

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