The National Question in Nigeria : Comparative Perspectives

This title was first published in 2002: A theoretical and empirical examination of key issues surrounding the national question discourse and debate in Nigeria. Employing both wide-ranging experiences and a multidisciplinary approach, the contributors illuminate a variety of under-researched issues and address crucial concerns facing the nation-state today.

This title was first published in 2002: Addressing the burning questions confronting the Nigerian nation-state today, this book explores the diverse dimensions and voices apparent in the challenges surrounding the national question. Highlighting a range of under-researched and unexplored issues, it theoretically and empirically examines key aspects of the national question discourse and debate in Nigeria. The contributors bring wide and varied experiences to bear on the volume and employ both these experiences and the multidisciplinary approach to illuminate and enrich the issues under study. The National Question in Nigeria identifies challenges that must be addressed if the nation is to survive - and critical issues that have been left unresolved and now threaten the nation state. It is essential reading for social scientists, policy makers, politicians, NGO activists and all observers and students of Nigerian history and politics.