THE POLITICS OF THE FORMATION OF ALLIANCE GOVERNMENTS IN MULTI-ETHNIC STATES: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN FIRST ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT, 1954-57.
The formation of alliances is one of the features of the politics of most multi-ethnic States. This is because, more often than not, extreme ethnicity and competition for the control of the "structural frame" and "system of rewards" always prevent the existence of nation-wide or country-wide politic...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Journal of History Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 333 - 367 |
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University of Toronto Press
Autumn2011
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=67789959&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 67789959 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00084107 CJH jtl: Canadian Journal of History issn: 00084107 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Autumn2011 vid: 46 iid: 2 pid: 678 pub: University of Toronto Press artinfo: ui: 67789959 10.3138/cjh.46.2.333 ppf: 333 ppct: 34 formats: tig: atl: THE POLITICS OF THE FORMATION OF ALLIANCE GOVERNMENTS IN MULTI-ETHNIC STATES: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN FIRST ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT, 1954-57. aug: au: Ojo, Emmanuel Oladipo affil: Lecturer, Department of History & International Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ado-Ekiti, P.M.B. 5363, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, NIGERIA su: Political participation of minorities Ethnicity & politics Coalition governments Political science Nigerian politics & government, to 1960 Twentieth century Nigeria sug: subj: Nigeria Political participation of minorities Ethnicity & politics Coalition governments Political science Nigerian politics & government, to 1960 Twentieth century ab: The formation of alliances is one of the features of the politics of most multi-ethnic States. This is because, more often than not, extreme ethnicity and competition for the control of the "structural frame" and "system of rewards" always prevent the existence of nation-wide or country-wide political associations and the emergence of nationally acknowledged political leaders. Yet, in order to guard against the domination of the "minorities " by the "majorities", the constitutions of most federal and non-federal multi-ethnic states often stipulate that the centre governments of such states must be formed by the parties or candidates with the overall majority of either parliamentary seats or total votes cast. Since this is always difficult to achieve, particularly in Nigeria where appeal to ethnic sentiments is almost always a predominant issue in electioneering campaigns, the formation of alliance-governments has become inevitable, in the formation of these alliances however a lot of political manoeuvring takes place. This article discusses the politics behind, the factors responsible for, as well as the consequences of the formation of Nigeria's first alliance government. La mise en place d'alliances es un des traits des politiques de nombreux états à ethnies multiples. Ceci parce que, plus souvent qu'autrement, une ethnie et une compétition extrêmes pour le contrôle de la structure et du système de mérites ont toujours empêché l'existence d'associations politiques dans la nation entière ainsi que l'émergence de chefs de partis reconnus à !'échelle nationale. Cependant, afin de se protéger contre la domination des « minorités » par les majorités, les constitutions de la plupart des états multi-ethniques et non-fédéraux stipulent souvent que les gouvernements centraux de tels états doivent être formés par les partis ou les candidats qui ont remporté une majorité absolue de sièges au parlement ou bien ou nombre de votes. Comme ceci est toujours diffficile à atteindre, particulièrement au Nigeria où l'appel aux sentiments eihniques est presque toujours un point prédominant dans les campagnes électorales, il devient donc inéluctable d'éviter la formation de coalition. Pour former ces alliances, toutefois, il se produit beaucoup d 'intrigues politiques. Nous analysons ici les politiques de derrière, les facteurs responsables, de même que les conséquences de la formation du premier gouvernement de coalition du Nigeria. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Case Study src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2011 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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