Nigeria - A Country Study

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Country Profile GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY ECONOMY TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS NATIONAL SECURITY Introduction Chapter 1. Historical Setting EARLY HISTORY Early States Before 1500 Yoruba Kingdoms and Benin The Igbo: A Stateless Society? The Northern Kingdoms of the Savanna The Savanna States, 1500-1800 EUROPEAN SLAVE TRADE IN WEST AFRICA THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: REVOLUTION AND RADICAL ADJUSTMENT Usman dan Fodio and the Sokoto Caliphate The Yoruba Wars Abolition of the Slave Trade Commodity Trade Royal Niger Company Influence of the Christian Missions COLONIAL NIGERIA Extension of British Control Lugard and Indirect Rule Unification of Nigeria Further Development of Colonial Policy EMERGENCE OF NIGERIAN NATIONALISM INDEPENDENT NIGERIA Politics in the Crisis Years New State Movements The Census Controversy Popular Disillusionment and Political Realignment The 1964-65 Elections Civil War THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN THE POSTWAR ERA The Gowon Regime Foreign Policy Economic Development Crime, Corruption, and Political Turbulence The Regime of Murtala Muhammad, 1975-76 Preparations for the Return to Civilian Rule The Obasanjo Regime, 1976-79 THE SECOND REPUBLIC, 1979-83 RETURN TO MILITARY RULE Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment PHYSICAL SETTING Climate POPULATION Census History Population Estimates and the Demographic Transition ETHNICITY Regional Groupings The Northern Area The Southern Area Ethnic Relations CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY Social Structure Women's Roles RELIGION Indigenous Beliefs Islam Christianity URBANIZATION Historical Development of Urban Centers Urbanization Since Independence Rural-Urban Linkages EDUCATION HEALTH History of Modern Medical Services Primary Health Care Policies WELFARE Chapter 3. The Economy THE COLONIAL ECONOMIC LEGACY The Colonial Period Development of National Economic Interests to World War II National Economic Interests in the Postwar Period THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT Planning Government Finance Income Distribution LABOR Unemployment Labor Unions AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHING Land Use, Soils, and Land Tenure Crops Irrigation Livestock Forestry Fisheries MANUFACTURING MINING, PETROLEUM, AND ENERGY RESOURCES Oil and Gas Electric Power TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Roads Railroads Airports Ports Communications BANKING, FINANCE, AND OTHER SERVICES FOREIGN TRADE AND BALANCE OF PAYMENTS Balance of Payments The Debt Overhang Structural Adjustment Chapter 4. Government and Politics THE FIRST REPUBLIC MILITARY INTERVENTION AND MILITARY RULE The 1966 Coups, Civil War, and Gowon's Government The Muhammad/Obasanjo Government The Buhari Regime The Babangida Government POLITICAL TRANSITIONS AND TRANSITION PLANNING The Second Republic The Third Republic FEDERALISM AND INTRAGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS THE CIVIL SERVICE INTEREST GROUPS AND NATIONAL POLITICS Trade Unions The Media Student Associations Women's Organizations Other Interest Groups FOREIGN RELATIONS Relations with Neighboring States Relations with the Rest of Africa Relations with Major Powers Relations with International Organizations Chapter 5. National Security NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES AND PERCEPTIONS Local and Bilateral Issues African and Regional Issues Global Interests ARMED FORCES Early Development Constitutional and Political Framework Organization, Mission, and Order of Battle Army Navy Air Force Arms Procurement and Defense Industries Recruitment and Conditions of Service Training Military Capabilities Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia ARMED FORCES AND SOCIETY Attitudes Toward the Military Political Role of the Military Demographic Factors and the Defense Budget Civic Action and Veterans' Groups INTERNAL SECURITY Domestic Security Religious Sectarianism Labor Organizations Student Organizations Human Rights Internal Security Forces and Organizations Ministry of Internal Affairs Nigeria Police Force Crime and Punishment Incidence and Trends in Crime Security and Anticrime Measures

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