Postelection Conflict Management in Nigeria - (Monograph Series School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution) by John N Paden (Paperback)

About the Book

Many in the international community and within Nigeria itself assert that the country is destined for unmanageable collapse, but John Paden proposes how Nigeria can respond to its current crises and tensions in ways that will serve the interests of the state, with its diverse citizenry, as well as the world at large.

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Book Synopsis

This volume is an invitation to deploy high-level scholarship in a strategic policy-making process that will strengthen the unity of Nigeria. Many in the international community and within Nigeria itself assert that the country is destined for unmanageable collapse, but John Paden proposes how Nigeria can respond to its current crises and tensions in ways that will serve the interests of the state, with its diverse citizenry, as well as the world at large.

Distributed for George Mason University Press

Review Quotes

This timely monograph seeks to advance our appreciation of both the obstacles to and the promise of national unity in Nigeria.... It is a well-researched and superbly written piece, full of rare insights and wisdom. I doubt if any reader, Nigerian or other, can read it without marveling at both its fine scholarship and its judicious recommendations for strengthening Nigeria's unity during the current difficulties and into the future.

--Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Nigeria

About the Author

John N. Paden, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of International Studies at George Mason University and co-director of the Center for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, is the coauthor of Black Africa: A Comparative Handbook.