Achieving National Unity In A Multi-Ethnic Nigerian Society

This book answers a number of regional and cultural issues in any multi-ethnic society, and especially in Nigeria.1. How does one account for the increasing stridence of ethnicity?2. In multiethnic societies, why is it that ethnicity mobilizes some groups and not others?3. What conditions promote competitive and conflictual ethnic mobilization?4. In what situations does an ethnic community assert its status as a ‘nation’?5. What roles do the institutions of power and authority play in mediating, mitigating, and/or escalating such conflicts?6. How does ethnicity impinge on the processes of state and nation-building?7. What is the role of transnational factors in this respect? The processes of socio-economic change, the ethnic dimensions of the power structure, and the policies, strategies, and tactics of various regimes to cope with the urges and aspirations of various ethnic groups provide a wider setting for an understanding of ethnicity and the processes of nation - building.In this book, you will find recommended solutions that will solve the lack of national unity in Nigeria: Policies To Address Political Inequalities, Policies To Address Economic Inequalities, Policies To Address Social Inequalities, Policies To Address Cultural Inequalities. Read more