Elections and electoral violence in Nigeria / Kelechi Johnmary Ani, Victor Ojakorotu, editors.
Ani, Kelechi Johnmary, editor.; Ojakorotu, Victor, editor.
2022
JQ3098 .E44 2022
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Title Elections and electoral violence in Nigeria / Kelechi Johnmary Ani, Victor Ojakorotu, editors.
ISBN 9789811646522 (electronic bk.)
981164652X (electronic bk.)
9789811646515
9811646511
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4652-2
Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xix, 284 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-16-4652-2 doi
Call Number JQ3098 .E44 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification 324.609669
Summary This book interrogates the nature of elections and election violence in African countries. It traces the causes of the governance menace to multiple factors that are not limited to poverty, unemployment, media etc. The book clearly documents how election violence cripples nation building process across many African countries. Consequently, it reveals that states have lost their manifest destiny of national transformation in Africa because they cannot guarantee that legitimate candidates, who should win elections; will rise to power due, to the widespread manipulation of violence at all levels of electoral engineering. The chapters rely on the cases and changing dynamics of elections and electoral violence in the different Nigerian states. It traces the origins of elections, the nature and patterns of a number of past elections as well as the role of youths, judiciary, electoral umpire, social media, gender etc on the changing nature of elections in Nigeria. Dr Kelechi Johnmary Ani is a lecturer in the Department of History and Strategic Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. His areas of research include peace, conflict and African political history. He is currently a post doctoral research fellow in the School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and was a doctoral external examiner for the Graduate School of Business and Leadership, University of KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa. Prof Victor Ojakorotu, who currently Deputy Director, School of Government Studies, Mafikeng at North West University, Mafikeng, South Africa. His research interests are African Politics, Nigeria, Conflict and Peace, Environmental Politics and Security. He is widely published in internationally accredited academic journals on the vexing subject of the Niger Delta. Some of books he has published on the Niger Delta are Contending Issues in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, Fresh Dimensions on the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria, Checkmating the Resurgence of Oil Violence in the Niger Delta of Nigeria and Anatomy of the Niger Delta Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Opportunities for Peace.
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Chapter 1: Introducing Elections and Electoral Violence in Africa
Chapter 2: Elections and Electoral Violence in Africa: Causes and Implications
Chapter 3: Historical Review of Electoral Violence in Nigeria
Chapter 4: Youth Unemployment and Electoral Violence in Nigeria: A Case of the 2019 General Elections
Chapter 5: Religious and Political Hate Sermons, Electoral Violence and National Disintegration in Nigeria
Chapter 6: Partisan Political Participation and Ethical Moral-self in face of Political Corruption: Exposing Psychology of Poverty
Chapter 7: Justice Delivery and Electoral Dispute Resolution in Nigeria: The Extent, Challenges and Prospects
Chapter 8: An Assessment of the Legal Framework put in place to Curb Electoral Violence in Nigeria
Chapter 9: Digital Voting and Electoral Violence: Roles of Information Communication Technology in Ameliorating Electoral Crimes in Nigeria
Chapter 10: Social media: A big brother in Nigerias electoral space?
Chapter 11: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and 2015 as well as 2019 Elections in Nigeria
Chapter 12: Electoral Violence and its Impact on Women's Political Participation in Nigeria
Chapter 13: Voter Education and Political Participation in Nigerian Presidential Election: A Comparative analysis from Southeast
Chapter 14: Mitigating Violence in Nigerian 2015 Elections: The International Community and Donor Agencies Dimensions
Chapter 15: Political Violence in Isuokoma Clan, 2007-2019
Chapter 16: Political Violence and the 2015 General Elections in Nigeria
Chapter 17: Summary and Concluding Notes on the place of Counselling in Managing Electoral Violence in Nigeria.

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