Decentralized Despotism or Personalism: Democracy at the Grassroots in Nigeria

• In Event: State Capacity and Accountability in Africa

Brief Overview

Using Nigeria, I fault the assumption of in subnational authoritarianism. I argue for a system of decentralized despotism, where people in subnational areas are universally cut off from democracy by subnational elite.

Author

• Christopher Akor, University of Alabama