THE EFFECT OF ETHNIC SEGREGATION ON EMPLOYMENT IN ABIA STATE CIVIL SERVICE
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The quest for imperial hegemony inspired the cartographic demarcation of ethnic boundaries (Ukiwo, 2005). What then is ethnicity? Ethnicity simply defined is a social phenomenon associated with interactions among members of different ethnic groups (Nnoli, 1980). Jinadu (2004) viewed ethnicity as a social construct which mobilization for competitive purposes includes political parties, public intellectuals, and university students, the military, public bureaucracies, trade unions ...
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