Reflections on Governance and Development in Nigeria

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-27081-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

In this book, published for the first time with Routledge in 2025 and including some previously unpublished papers, the renowned professor of public administration Ladipo Adamolekun argues powerfully that only a devolved Nigerian federation can become a well-performing state that is capable of achieving good development performance. He discusses and ranks seven governance issues which include electoral legitimacy, rule of law, and civil liberties as well as development-oriented leadership, administrative competence, accountability and transparency (including anti-corruption). Professor Adamolekun has based his rankings on over six decades of the study and observation of the differing dimensions of the issues and suggests that the federal government and each of the subnational governments in a devolved federation should be responsible for sequencing the necessary reforms, taking into account the strengths and weaknesses of their respective governance structures and processes.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adamolekun, Ladipo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Introduction: Overview of Main Issues Part A: Selected Unpublished Papers 2. The Political Fundamentals of Development 3. A Framework for Understanding Governance Reforms and Development Performance 4. A Transformation Agenda for Accelerating National Development 5. Civil Service and Good Development Performance 6. Legislators and Good Governance: Two Challenges – Accountability and Corruption 7. The Challenge of Achieving Good Governance: Some Lessons from Awo 8. Nigeria’s Overcentralised Federal System and Poor Development Performance Part B: Selected Newspaper Essays 9i) The Courts and Politics 9ii) The Courts and Politics: A Poisonous Relationship 10. What Home-Grown Democracy for Nigeria? 11. Governance and Development – An Overview 12. Nigeria’s Future: Devolve or Die 13. 21 Years of Civil Rule: Governance Performance Scorecard 14. Conclusion: Path to Achieving Improved Governance and Good Development Performance

Über Autor(innen)

Ladipo Adamolekun is a Professor of Public Administration and a former Dean of the Faculty of Administration at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria. For about two decades, he held senior appointments in the World Bank in Washington, D.C. He has written and published extensively on politics and public administration in Africa. He has won many honours and distinctions at home and abroad over the years, including the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) award, officially described as the "highest national prize for academic and intellectual attainment".