Article information, pdf download for political versus administration. A conflict in political science of 25 years duration revolves around the relationship of. The politicsadministration dichotomy is a theory that constructs the boundaries of public administration and asserts the normative relationship between elected officials and administrators in a democratic society. Traditional public administration versus the new public. Impact of politics on education nigeria a case study. It seeks to assess how relevant the concept is in todays agency operations by first establishing its origin and the prevailing school of thoughts.
Public administration attempts to explain how decisions in government are made as well as administering projects to carry out those. Nigeria since independence have shown that the reins of government has always fallen into the hands of a political leadership class that showed more interest in private, group or ethnic gains than in the general wellbeing of the nigerian state. However, historically low voter turnout signals a deepening distrust in government and institutions. Nigeria has made progress since its return to democracy in 1999. Bureaucratic politics and policy development semantic scholar. Democracy and political participation are related to good governance are interrelated and complementary but appear to be antithetical in nigeria. In the initial days, both politics and administration are under the stream of political science but with increasing functionalities and with the growing importance it was established as a different discipline. The effects and way forward alabi abdullahi department of social sciences and global studies political science unit, kwara state university, malete, ilorin, nigeria sakariyau, rauf tunde. It is a member of the african union and sits on that organizations peace and security council. According to the nigerian constitution and in line with the presidential system of government, there is a separation of power among the three branches of government, namely the presidency, the judiciary and the. Pdf the impact of military rule on democracy in nigeria. Literature which explored the theories of politicsadministration dichotomy remains divided as to whether woodrow wilson was the author of the politicsadministration dichotomy theory or not. The future of nigerian politics lies in tolerating civilian governance.
Oloyede oluyemi national bureau of statistics nbs, abuja, nigeria abstract nigeria has been recording low participation of women in both elective and appointive positions. Although many scholars have made efforts to state their thesis for why or why not politics and administration should be distinct from each other, there has not been a universal consensus on the topic. Nigeria currently has better foreign relations with its neighbors, due to its current state of democracy. It was therefore recommended that the administration of universities or tertiary institutions should be given the adequate attention and support that they deserve from government at all times. Politics and administration florida atlantic university. Politics and administrative responsibility in nigeria. Administration is of importance for another reason too. The school draws attention to the potential negative consequences of free interaction between politics and. Students will be responsible for identifying a theoretical issue, thematic area, or debate that they would like to investigate, formulating the question to be. The role of the military in the nigerian politics has generated a lot of heated debates.
Ethnicity as a culture in politics and administration in nigeria uduma, d. As africas most populous country, largest economy, and biggest democracy, nigeria is a bellwether for the continent. Nigerias flag consists of three equal vertical bands of green, white, and green. The current situation in nigeria united states institute. Politics and administration in a developing political system. Politics and university administration in nigeria ea. It is perhaps most appropriate to liken the relationship.
The changing forms of identity politics in nigeria under economic adjustment. In 1960, nigeria joined both the united nations and the commonwealth of nations. Political system of administration in igbo land before the coming of the europeans into nigeria, the various ethnic groups were autonomous and had developed their traditional governmental systems in such a way that it reflected the culture, beliefs and traditions of the different areas. Nigeria is a federal political system, a system that defines the structure of the polity in a way that underlines the independence of the federating units visavis the central government in key areas of national economy and politics. But a political system crippled by corruption and dogged by ethnic tensions threatens to. Nigerias creaky political system council on foreign relations.
It has been estimated that nigeria has as much as 350 ethnic groups based on lingual classification. The research also observed that the nigerian political system is a federal republic with a pres. Rwanda, burundi, zaire, ethiopia zanzibar, uganda, nigeria, the chad and angola 1. Public administration simply refers to the methods, processes and mechanisms put in place in the implementation of government policies. Many of the first republic politicians were not corrupt since the majority of them came into politics with ideologies and principles. His work examined politics administration interface and the sustenance of public service ethos in. Although politics sets the tasks for administration, it should not be suffered to manipulate its offices. Theory and practice page 7 public administration is the machinery used by the service state to place itself in a position to make plans and programmes that can carried out, and to carry out the plans and programmes it has made. Presented at the conference on twenty years of nigerian public service, university of ife, ileife, nigeria, october 17. Pdf politicsadministration interface and sustenance of public. Executive and the administration will try to execute.
Citizens, organized interests, private businesses and other societal actors interact with both politics and administration, albeit for different reasons. While it remains true that nigeria is governed by democratically elected. Policy successive administrations have described the u. Ever since this merger, the polity has been characterized by ethnoreligious politics which has being the bane to national unity. International journal of politics and good governance volume 4, no. Nigerian government and politics a case study of 1999 2007 politics abstract this project research work describes and analyses the structure of nigerian government and politics between 1999 and 2007 in other to improve the understanding of the operation of government and politics in nigeria. And because of the relationship, there are impact of politics on education which is discussed in this article. First, we examine classical conceptualizations of relationship between politics and administration in early authors notes such as wilson, goodnow and weber. Democracy, political participation and good governance in. Adebayo, augustus 2001, principles and practice of public administration in. By so doing, the study will lead to a deeper understanding of the nigerian industrial relations practice in the public sector in comparative perspective with previous regimes in. The government of nigeria witnessed many structural changes in the few past decades in its political system. The current situation in nigeria united states institute of.
There is a thin line between politics and education and according to ijov et. In all, political power has alternated between the civilian and the. Table of contents corruption in nigeria historycorruption in nigeria causeseffects of corruption in nigeriasolution to. Nigerian government and politics political science project. Also administration may be used to mean the period of office of the leader. The study found out that politics had not impacted much on administration of universities in nigeria.
The village administration was made up of kindreds who had patrilineal relationship called umunna. Politics and administration are closely interrelated activities in the governance process of any. Lukman that nigeria badly needed a leadership that can rescue the country from the depth of chronic indiscipline, disorder. Rcmssjggsda03 abstract politics and administration are closely interrelated activities in the governance process of any country. Pdf this work examined politicsadministration interface and the sustenance of public service ethos in southwest nigeria. Democracy in nigeria is alien and its practice has proved difficult. The crisis of public administration in nigeria ijhssi. Organizational politics has become the permanent culture of every modern. Ethnic politics and democratic consolidation in nigeria. Problems and prospects of public administration in nigeria. The country is africas most populous, with more than 200 million people. He is regarded as the father of the discipline of public administration. However, in nigeria, owing to incessant military coups coupled with. Political leadership and corruption in nigeria since 1960.
For any responsive and dependable political system, the development of the rural areas must be its major concern. Nigerian government and politics political science project topics. Monitoring participation of women in politics in nigeria paper presented by mrs. And of course, this country has quite a history behind it. The school draws attention to the potential negative consequences of free interaction between politics and administration e. The nigerian government and politics are built around the presidential system of government, which was copied from the united states of america. The credit for initiating as an academic study of public administration goes to woodrow wilson, who was teaching political science at princeton university and who later became the president of usa. Dichotomy between politics and public administration. For as long as ghanamustgobags continue to determine the qualifications for such offices, corruption, mediocrity and ineptitude will remain supreme in nigerian politics. The phrase politicsadministration dichotomy itself does not appear to have a known inventor, even after exhaustive research, the combination of words that make up the phrase was.
The discipline of public administration was born in the usa. Department of history and international studies, ekiti state university, adoekiti, ekiti state, nigeria abstract the purpose of this paper is to attempt a critical appraisal of the pace, practise, pattern, priorities, problems and prospects of nigerian democracy. The argument about the dichotomy between politics and public administration has been around for so many years. Dichotomy between politics and public administration politics. In short, women participation in nigerian politics is a topic of importance. The interplay of these two social activities is expressed in the dictum administration begins where. In the nigerian case study, the reconfiguration, formation of political parties, distribution of human. One of the major political institutions that controlled the affairs of villages was the council of elders which comprised heads of families that held staff of authority called ofo title holders these elders headed their respective extended families and the most senior member of the council of. First, the spread of islam, predominantly in the north but later in southwestern nigeria as well, began a. The politics of development and underdevelopment fall 2009 3 5. Expectedly, politics by its nature and character is to give birth to a democratic structure capable of engendering development.
Public administration has developed as an academic field through a succession of. Its for the interest of my fellow political science student. It stresses the heterogenity of nigeria, coupled with the deliberate policy of divide and rule by our colonial. Failure of the elections conducted by the civilian government in 1965 and 1983 brought about the military intervention. The nature of nigerian politics dissuades many qualified and principled persons from seeking elective positions at all levels of government in nigeria. International journal of politics and good governance volume vi, no. The paper is an exposition of the politicsadministration dichotomy theory and how this affects the effective and efficient operation of federal agencies. The origin, development, ethnic politics, impacts, postcolonial governance. Politically, women have been relegated to the background, despite the tremendous. However, in nigeria, owing to incessant military coups coupled with the ethnicisation of politics. The politics administration dichotomy is an important concept in the field of public administration and shows no signs of going away because it deals with the policymakers role as an administrator and the balancing act that is the relationship between politics and administration.
Nov 17, 2019 there is a thin line between politics and education and according to ijov et. Preindependence politics and administration in nigeria. In this writeup, you will have the opportunity to learn about what actually transpired in nigeria during the colonial days. Ethnicity as a culture in politics and administration in. National and state elections in 2019 were deeply competitive, with scattered instances of violence amid a mostly peaceful process. It is a weak democracy that repudiates inalienable ethos of its true identity.
Democracy, political participation and good governance in nigeria. The evidence on the ground, however, contradicts this claim momoh, 20. The case of the oil minorities movement of the niger delta by cyril i. Introduction mainstream rhetoric in nigeria media and popular discourses of the polity is often centred on the claim that nigeria is consolidating its democracy. Administrative questions are not political questions.
In carrying out the study, the secondary sources of information or. We are going to focus specially on those days between 1900 and 1960. With a restoration of democracy, nigerians are very much determined to sustain it and make the future generation proud to be a part of this great nation. An anthology of essays lamidi, kazeem oyedele department of public administration, faculty of administration, obafemi awolowo university, ileife, nigeria abstract. Global journal of political science and administration vol. Department of public administration, university of nigeria, nsukka abstract military rule became dominant feature of government in nigeria only after political independence, especially from january 15th 1966. Nigerias creaky political system council on foreign. Journal of nigeria studies volume 1, number 2, fall 2012 political leadership and corruption in nigeria since 1960.
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