Elite Transformation Towards Good Governance in Nigeria

IF 0.9 4区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Politikon Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI:10.1080/02589346.2022.2065425

H. Kifordu

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ABSTRACT Understanding the scope of elite transformation towards good governance in developing countries’ polities is no doubt fastidious amid attendant context fluidity, institutional instabilities, and literature paucity. Nigeria’s post-colonial polity has witnessed various structural changes, especially in political regime and economic resources. Since the 1999 transition to democracy, no regime breakdown occurred. Curiously, the Nigerian polity has been experiencing spasmodic ethnic clashes, the onslaught of the menacing Boko Haram terror group, the economy disruptive Niger Delta insurgencies, and acute youth discontent with protests often countered with violence by state security agents. Moreover, social infrastructure provision for economic growth and development remains extensively precarious or non-existent. Most vexingly, systematic knowledge about the transformability of the policy decisive and often-critiqued political elite is deficient or sparsely jumbled. Much has been extolled about governance per se, yet context-relative and data-oriented knowledge remain scanty. To what extent is the Nigerian political executive elite composition transforming towards good governance since 1999? The article focuses on the Nigerian political elite transformability through good governance lenses and practices. It draws from relevant elite theories and governance approaches that underscore the methodology. It contends that the political elite innovation remains stagnant, despite relevant structural changes. The findings reveal insignificant elite dynamics towards good governance.

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尼日利亚精英向善治的转变

摘要：在随之而来的背景流动性、制度不稳定和文献匮乏的情况下，理解发展中国家政治中精英向善治转变的范围无疑是一件挑剔的事。尼日利亚的后殖民政治经历了各种结构性变化，特别是在政治制度和经济资源方面。自1999年向民主过渡以来，没有发生政权崩溃的情况。奇怪的是，尼日利亚政治一直在经历间歇性的种族冲突、来势汹汹的博科圣地恐怖组织的袭击、破坏经济的尼日尔三角洲叛乱，以及年轻人对抗议活动的强烈不满，这些抗议活动往往由国家安全人员用暴力镇压。此外，为经济增长和发展提供的社会基础设施仍然十分不稳定或根本不存在。最令人烦恼的是，关于决策者和经常受到批评的政治精英的可转变性的系统性知识是缺乏或混乱的。关于治理本身，人们已经赞扬了很多，但与背景相关的和面向数据的知识仍然很少。自1999年以来，尼日利亚政治行政精英组成在多大程度上向善治转变？本文通过善治的视角和实践，重点关注尼日利亚政治精英的可转型性。它借鉴了强调该方法论的相关精英理论和治理方法。它认为，尽管发生了相关的结构变化，但政治精英的创新仍然停滞不前。这些发现揭示了精英在善治方面微不足道的动力。

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Politikon POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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1.90

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32 weeks

期刊介绍： Politikon focuses primarily on South African politics, but not exclusively so. Over the years the journal has published articles by some of the world" leading political scientists, including Arend Lijphart, Samuel Huntingdon, and Philippe Schmitter. It has also featured important contributions from South Africa"s leading political philosophers, political scientists and international relations experts. It has proved an influential journal, particularly in debates over the merits of South Africa"s constitutional reforms (in 1983 and 1994). In the last few years special issues have focused on women and politics in South Africa, and the South African election of 1999.