Crony capitalism in Nigeria: the case of patronage funding of the Peoples Democratic Party and the power sector reform, 1999–2015

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Review of African Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI:10.1080/03056244.2021.1958309

O. Albert, I. Abada, Raymond Adibe

引用次数: 3

Abstract

ABSTRACT The article argues that cronyism in the funding of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) explains the dismal record of the recent power sector reforms in Nigeria. It implies that the reforms were packaged by the then PDP-led government to benefit their major campaign financiers with contracts; thus, within this period the party financiers were able to assume a commanding position in the sector. The article further contends that the funding regime in the party reinforces corruption as financiers leveraged on their contributions to the party to ensure that the reform processes and outcomes reflected their economic interests. The case exemplifies the crony relationship between the business and the political class (that ought to act as the regulatory body), which is skewed towards primitive accumulation.

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尼日利亚的裙带资本主义:1999-2015年人民民主党赞助资金和电力部门改革的案例

摘要本文认为，人民民主党(PDP)资金中的任人唯亲解释了尼日利亚最近电力部门改革的惨淡记录。这意味着改革是由当时的pdp领导的政府包装的，目的是通过合同使他们的主要竞选资助者受益;因此，在这一时期，中共金融家能够在该行业占据主导地位。文章进一步认为，党内的资助制度加剧了腐败，因为金融家利用他们对党的贡献来确保改革过程和结果反映他们的经济利益。这个案例体现了商业和政治阶层(应该作为监管机构)之间的裙带关系，这种关系倾向于原始积累。

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Review of African Political Economy Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) is a refereed journal committed to encouraging high quality research and fostering excellence in the understanding of African political economy. Published quarterly by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group for the ROAPE international collective it has since 1974 provided radical analysis of trends and issues in Africa. It has paid particular attention to the political economy of inequality, exploitation and oppression, whether driven by global forces or local ones (such as class, race, community and gender), and to materialist interpretations of change in Africa. It has sustained a critical analysis of the nature of power and the state in Africa.