People Power and Democracy : The Popular Movement Against Military Despotism in Nigeria (1989-1999)

by Edozie, Rita Kiki

• ISBN13: 9780865439177
• ISBN10: 0865439176
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Africa World Pr

Summary

A highly critical, but well-balanced study of the issues surrounding the turbulent political situation in Nigeria during the last decade of the 20th century. The book analyses the various groups within the Nigerian pro-democracy movement and examines their efforts at social mobilisation of Nigeria's civil society in the process of collective action against corrupt military rule; movements that eventually paved the way for the return of democratic governance in 1999.

Table of Contents

Dedication	ix
Acknowledgements	x
Preface	xi
Foreword	xiii
The Democratic Movement Against Military Despotism	1	(18)
People Power	1	(2)
The Nigerian Democracy Paradox	3	(6)
Civil Society and Democratization	9	(6)
The Popular Movement against Nigerian Military Despotism	15	(4)
The Democracy Paradox in Historical Perspective	19	(10)
A History of Nigeria	19	(1)
The Development of a `Soft' State, 1861-1966	20	(2)
The Nigerian State and Military Vanguardism	22	(4)
The Decline of the Tri-Partite Alliance	26	(3)
The Nigerian State and Political Opportunity	29	(12)
The Political Opportunity of the Mid-80s	29	(1)
The Babangida Military Regime: 1986-1993	30	(2)
Structural Adjustment Program (SAP)	32	(2)
Political Transition Program (PTP)	34	(7)
The Nigerian Pro-Democracy Movement	41	(16)
The Development of Nigerian Civil Society	42	(3)
The Pro-Democracy Network: Identifying Agents	45	(11)
The CD Collective and Popular Civil Liberties	49	(2)
Afenifere, MOSOP: Politico-Ethnic Organizations	51	(1)
The New Political Reform Movements	52	(2)
Labor and Professionals	54	(1)
International NGOs: UDFN & Trans-Africa	55	(1)
Driving the Network: CD, NADECO, and UDFN	56	(1)
The Campaign for Democracy	57	(34)
Organization: The Left in Opposition	57	(4)
Alliances: The Ideology of the Movement	61	(3)
Political Opportunity: The CD: Initiating Popular Resistance	64	(6)
The ``Babangida-Must-Go'' Campaign	65	(3)
Continuing the Struggle	68	(2)
Resources	70	(3)
The National Democratic Coalition
Organization: The Elite in Opposition	73	(3)
Alliances	76	(2)
Political Opportunity: Mobilizing Against the Abacha Regime	78	(10)
The Popular National Democratic Government	83	(2)
Capitalizing on Civil Militarism	85	(3)
Resources	88	(3)
The Nigerian Pro-Democracy Movement Abroad (UDFN)	91	(14)
Organization	91	(3)
Alliances	94	(2)
Political Opportunity:	96	(6)
The UDFN and International Campaigns	97	(2)
Influencing American Foreign Policy and Local Public	99	(3)
Resources	102	(3)
Winning the 4th Republic: Deepening and Expanding Democratic Space	105	(24)
Discrediting Military Vanguardism: Revealing the Vulnerability of Military Regime	106	(8)
Tyrannical Rule No Longer at Bay	110	(4)
Mobilizing Democratic Consciousness:	114	(15)
The CD: Mobilizing Civil Disobedience among Urban and Youth Populace	116	(4)
NADECO and Elite Social Mobilization: Promoting the Progressive Coalition	120	(6)
The UDFN: Mobilizing International Communities	126	(3)
Losing the 4th Republic: The Nigerian Democracy Paradox	129	(14)
Limiting Democratic Outcomes the Pro-Democracy Paradox	129	(9)
Providing a Model for Future Organization	138	(5)
The Future of Democracy in Nigeria	141	(2)
Bibliography	143	(16)
Endnotes	159	(42)
Index	201