4. Politics of Developing Countries

Oil Politics and Rural Life of Fisherfolks in the Niger Delta - Fidelis Allen, University of Port Harcourt

The State in Post – Colonial Society: Party Switching and the Consolidation of Democracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic - Abraham M. Peter, Federal University, Lokoja

The Whistle Blowing Policy and Nigerian Public Sector: the Corruption Question - Bonn Obiekwe Gowin, HEZEKIAH UNIVERSITY UMUDI , IMO STATE

Identity politics and governability crises in Nigeria. - Ezekiel Major Adeyi, University of Jos

Nigeria’s Unity on the Precipice of Contemporary Complexity: Examining the Conflicting Paradigms of Continuity and Change in Nigeria’s Government and Politics - Emmanuel Ugochukwu Shebbs, Abia State University; Dick O Uduma, Abia State University

Eugene Ndubuisi Nweke, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki Nigeria

Solomon O Ogbu, University of Abuja