Nigeria: Trust Your Patron and not the Institutions
Langue
en
Article de revue
Ce document a été publié dans
Comparative Sociology. 2005, vol. 4, n° 1-2, p. 129-146
Brill Academic Publishers
Résumé en anglais
In Nigeria, trust and mistrust remain a permanent and sensitive issue. This obviously concerns elite-population relationships or rather – when considering the personalized and particularistic aspects of political life- ...Lire la suite >
In Nigeria, trust and mistrust remain a permanent and sensitive issue. This obviously concerns elite-population relationships or rather – when considering the personalized and particularistic aspects of political life- between patrons and their dependants. This issue of trust is also crucial when it comes to relations among "Big Men" leading factions cutting across communities. Emphasizing the lack of confidence in the institutions and the difficult question of reliance within informal clientelistic networks, this article proposes interpretations based on the study of socio-political relations in a long-term perspective.< Réduire
Mots clés en anglais
Nigeria
Institution
Africa
Politics
Origine
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