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Between Convention and Realism: The Nigerian People’s Definition of Democracy


E Edosa

Abstract

This paper critically examines the meaning of democracy from a broad perspective and goes beyond the conventional conceptualizations to report what the Nigerian people mean by democracy. The paper is empirical. It draws some implications from the position of „realism democracy. taken by Nigerians as well as offers some concluding observations.

Key words: Conventional Democracy, Realism Democracy, Self-government, Political Participation/Popular Participation, Representative Democracy, Due Process, Fundamental Human Rights, Constitutional Limitations, Social Pluralism, Political Tolerance, Nigerian People, Nigeria.


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