BOOK REVIEW: Democracy and Political Life in Nigeria

Abstract

In this review of Victor Dike's book - \"Democracy and Political Life in Nigeria\", Inam Wilson underscores the author's attempts to draw a connection between Nigeria's chequered political history and her present economic trajectory to explain why Nigeria is today facing numerous sociopolitical and economic challenges, such as weak economy, corruption, electoral distortion, poor state of education, rising unemployment, poverty, crime and social unrest.

NESG Economic Indicators Vol. 13 (1) 2007: pp. 51-56