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Title:
Contesting the Nigerian state : civil society and the contradictions of self-organization / edited by Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome.
Author:
(Un)civil Society--State Failure and the Contradictions of Self-Organisation in Nigeria (2005 : Lagos, Nigeria)

Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2013]
Call Number:
JQ3096 .U52 2013
ISBN:
9781137324528
Physical Description:
viii, 259 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
Papers from the conference (Un)civil Society--State Failure and the Contradictions of Self-Organisation in Nigeria, held May 14-17, 2005 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Contents:
Contesting the Nigerian state: civil society and the contradictions of self-organization: introduction, concepts, and questions / Civil society and the challenges of development and nation building in the post colonial African state / State failure and the contradictions of the public sphere, 1995-2005 / Mobilizing for change: the press and the struggle for citizenship in democratic Nigeria / Gendered states: women's civil society activism in Nigerian politics / Feminist civil society organizations and democratization in Nigeria / Women's associational life within traditional institutions in Yoruba states / Sexual struggles and democracy dividends / Politics in a sub-formal economic setting: workplace investment co-operatives in southwestern Nigeria, c.1986-2011
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