Nigerian Political Development : Theoretical and Empirical Nexus

Abstract

Political development is a concept that stem from Western scholarship of Modernization theory. This discourse reexamined concept and theory of political development particularly the models advanced by Almond and Powell and Lucian Pye. Beside its critique, this paper argued that the perspectives advanced remain empirically plausible to the crises and prospects of Nigerian political development. In reference to the methodology, the design is qualitative exploring the import of documentary sources of data collection and textual method of analysis. The discourse also advanced perspectives in modern view of political development and concludes by illuminating the limitations of Modernization theory amid the significance of models of political development to intractable challenges of governance and politics.