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Poverty And Electoral Violence In Nigeria
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This study focuses mainly on the criminal manifestations of the youth Donga metropolis under the Fourth Republic, which has become a thorn to the effective workings of democratic values, especially, in the conduct of free and fair elections. Since the re-emergence of democratic rule, in Nigeria and Donga metropolis in particular, in 1999, political violence has being playing a prominent role in political processes that threatens the emergence of people oriented government. It is against this background that the paper x-rays the relationship between poverty and political violence among youth in the politics of Donga metropolis. Using the relative deprivation theory, the paper discovers that poverty and political violence cannot be separated. This is as a result of the fact that the youth are in a serious condition of poverty which make them to embrace illicit behaviours especially political violence. The paper finally suggest that in as much as the politicians would continue to assume politics as a do or die affair, political violence would undoubtedly remain perpetual in Donga metropolis and Nigeria in general. To this end, therefore, the rule of law must be strictly observed, to punish the actors and their masters who finance them.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMElections
are the central processes of democratic representative government
because in any democracy the authority of government derives solely from
the consent of the governed. The principal mechanism for translating
the consent into governmental authority ideally is by holding free and
fair elections. Nigeria‘s fourth republic appears to be very chaotic,
incessant violent conflict ranges from religious, identity to communal.
Elaigwu (2005a) identifie ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMElections
are the central processes of democratic representative government
because in any democracy the authority of government derives solely from
the consent of the governed. The principal mechanism for translating
the consent into governmental authority ideally is by holding free and
fair elections. Nigeria‘s fourth republic appears to be very chaotic,
incessant violent conflict ranges from religious, identity to communal.
Elaigwu (2005a) identifie ... Continue reading---
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