Ethnic inequality, the federal character principle, and the reform of Nigeria's presidential federalism

Rotimi T. Suberu

No wp-2022-113, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The federal character principle is Nigeria's primary formula for mitigating horizontal inequality and conflict in this chronically fractured society. Designed to guarantee inter-group inclusion in the conduct and composition of governmental institutions, the principle spans direct, integrative, and indirect policies for reducing horizontal inequalities, which overlap with consociational, centripetal, and power-dividing paradigms of ethnic conflict management.

Keywords: Horizontal inequality; Conflict; Ethnic diversity; Integration; Consociationalism; Ethnic inequality; Ethnic conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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