CASE STUDY: Nigeria

Question 1

(N) __________ of ________ compromised __________ of their dictatorships, especially as _________ _______ were viewed as ____________. _______ ruling ______ was rampant with corruption, as was __________, as was ________ etc.

Answer 1

Perception, corruption, resilience, military coups, corrective, Gowon’s, cabal, Babangida’s, Abacha’s, etc.

Question 2

(N) __-______ also happens in the military. ___________ was engaged in __________ activities and eventually led a coup against his own _____ of ______: ________

Answer 2

In-fighting, Babangida, subversive, Head, State, Buhari

Question 3

Under Buhari, __-______, _________ and social ______ (largely due to falling ____ prices amidst gross inequality) and increased __________ of the ________/other ______ (e.g. ____ _____) all contributed to the eventual collapse of the regime - (features arguably also all evident in the CCP - compare)

Answer 3

In-fighting, economic, decline, oil, repression, media, critics, Fela Kuti

Question 4

e.g. Babangida siphoned more than ____ _________ of Nigeria’s ___ ________ into a personal account

Answer 4

$12.4 billion, oil revenues

Question 5

(N) Increased _________ and a more _________ __________ led to less ____________ ________ for the military, judiciary, etc - overcentralisation of power more likely

Answer 5

clientelism, personal government, institutional autonomy

Question 6

Nigeria, between _____ and _____ was under military rule for about ___ years. Resilience of the military as an institution can be put down to their ___________ of _____, heightened ______________, _______________ share of the _____ and a post-_____ ____ sense of ‘_______’

Answer 6

1960, 1998, 30, monopoly, arms, professionalism, disproportionate, budget, civil war, mission

Question 7

_____ election, Babangida _______ the ______ and ________ it _____. Clearly an attempt to _______ the ___________ of political __________. But, when it eventually did happen ______ was ___ - _______ _________ showing that pressure to _________ wasn’t coming from below

Answer 7

1993, created, parties, delayed, twice, define, parameters, contest, turnout, low, apathetic population, democratise (but does it necessarily indicate apathy or voter fatigue given how many times it was delayed)

Question 8

(N) Quote from ________ and ___ __ _______: on Babangida’s managing of the 1993 election: “the military’s _____ __________ on the means of ________ significantly enhances it’s _______ over the _________ and _________ of the transition”

Answer 8

Bratton, van de Walle, near monopoly, coercion, control, dynamics, outcomes