Democracy and Disorder Impeachment of Governors and Political Development in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

Oarhe Osumah

《Taiwan Journal of Democracy》 11卷2期 (2015/12) Pp. 163-183

並列摘要

This essay, based on data derived from existing literature and reports, examines the impeachment of state governors in Nigeria since the return to civil rule in May 1999. It shows that six state governors have been impeached. This number far exceeds the cases in Nigeria's previous three democratic experiments combined, the First Republic (1963-1966), the Second Republic (1979-1983), and the botched Third Republic (1991-1993). Although, at face value, the impeachment cases since May 1999 tend to portray the fulfilment of the liberal democratic tradition, in fact, they demonstrate political disorder, or garrison democracy.

並列關鍵字

Impeachment ； legislature ； democracy ； disorder ； godfathers

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