Building on original research into the petroleum industry and on the theory of crimes of
globalization, this book introduces the concept of Market Criminology: the criminology of …

The conduct of free and fair elections provides a yardstick to measure the quality of
democracy in a country. Credible elections are the platform on which the populace partakes …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the electoral umpire responsible
for the conduct of general elections in Nigeria and other related electoral activities since the …

INTRODUCTION 1. Alejandro Portes and Ariel C. Armony, The Global Edge: Miami in the
Twenty-First Century (Berkeley: University o Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Alejandro Portes and …

Money has been influential in determining the outcome of elections in almost all democratic
regimes in the world. Developing democracies like that of Nigeria in particular witnessed the …

Generally, Nigerian political parties in the present republic have been hampered by crisis of
internal democracy thus undermining their political leadership recruitment function. The …

The current study is an African-centred critique of the idea of 'good governance'; which since
the 1990s, has been a prescription of the international development institutions for all …

This paper derives its motivation from the longitudinal attitude survey conducted by the
Human Sciences Research Council in 2011 and Transparency International between 2011 …

A periodic election is a fundamental pillar and backbone of any democratic regime, and for a
proper election to take place there must be some activities, most especially by parties and …

Civil society organizations have played a pivotal role in democratization process in Nigeria
since the advent of the Fourth Republic. They have greatly helped in the success of the 2015 …