The Rule of Law, Democracy and Competing Paradigms of National Development: Locating the Nexus

Adeline Nnenna Idike ()
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Adeline Nnenna Idike: Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo

No 16AI, Proceedings of the 12th International RAIS Conference, April 3-4, 2019 from Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies

Abstract: National development remains clearly elusive in some regions of the world. And democracy is frequently proposed as the catalyst of development for such locations. This presupposes that development was stunted by the dearth of democracy in these environments. At the heart of the undemocratic tendencies in the affected nation states is the phenomenon of strongmen in government. These genres of leaders usually detest the notion of the Rule of Law, as the very bedrock of development. They candidly although, project national interest as the superior paradigm of progress in these nations, giving rise to the scenario of competing models of national development for such places. This paper is a contribution to the reconciliation of the conflicting issues. Its premises are derived from the disciplines of law, political science and development studies. The work is framed on the experiences of the Nigerian nation state in West Africa.

Keywords: rule of law; democracy; national interest; national development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2019-04
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Published in Proceedings of the 12th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, on April 3-4, 2019, pages 130-137

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