How Theoretically Opposite Models of Interethnic Power-Sharing Can Complement Each Other and Contribute to Political Stabilization: The Case of Nigeria
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2016
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Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University
Abstract
The aim of this article is to demonstrate the thesis that the stabilization of Nigeria’s complicated political situation is furthered by the functioning in that country of institutions based on two models of interethnic power-sharing – consociationalism and centripetalism – and that the two are to some extent complementary in Nigerian practice, despite the fact that political theory sees the two as opposites of each other. The article begins with a short analysis of the political situation in Nigeria. This is followed by a presentation of the problem of defining the notion of political stability and an assessment of the same in the Nigerian context. The article then goes on to discuss the nature of centripetalism and consociationalism and specific centripetal and consociational institutions involved in the stabilization of the political situation in Nigeria. The article ends with the author’s conclusions about the initial thesis. This article has been published in "Politeja" 2016, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 53-73.
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This article was written as part of project no. 2014/15/B/HS5/01174, entitled Centripetalism as a Model of Political System for Multi -Ethnic States: Comparative Analysis of Two Cases, financed by the National Science Centre, Poland.
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power sharing power-sharing hybrid power sharing hybrid power-sharing consociationalism consociational consociation centripetal centripetalism political science political stability political islam politics politics in Nigeria conflict management conflict resolution conflicts in Nigeria political parties in Nigeria centripetal federalism federalism in Nigeria ethnic conflict religious conflict ethnic politics ethnicity Niger Delta Nigeria Biafra Nigerian history Nigerian civil war Nigerian political system interethnic power sharing interethnic power-sharing Biafran war
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Trzciński, Krzysztof. "How Theoretically Opposite Models of Interethnic Power-Sharing Can Complement Each Other and Contribute to Political Stabilization: The Case of Nigeria." Politeja 42, no. 3 (2016): 53-73. DOI: 10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.42.05.