African scholarship concerning the nexus between institutions and development is still dominated by economic perspective of development despite the emergence of humanistic perspective of development. Human development is a more embracing, encompassing and comprehensive view of development than economic development and offers a better explanation of African situation than economic development. It is essential that the examine the relationships between democratic political institutions and human development. This collection examines this issue in two main sections. The first section contains chapters that focus on democratic institutions and processes in post-independence Africa. The contributors tried to examine the political institutional processes in post-colonial Africa. The section dealt with workings of various institutions like education, bureaucracy, interest groups, trade unions, and problems of enforcements in Africa. It also discussed the relevance of creative arts for political socialization as well as the role of privatization on service delivery in contemporary African societies.
Toyin Falola is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker chair professor in the humanities and a distinguished teaching professor at The University of Texas at Austin. Ernest Toochi Aniche is lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria.
Introduction: Institutions and Development in Africa Ernest Aniche and Toyin Falola Part I: Institutions and Processes in Africa Reflections on Powers of Trade Union Federations in Democracies: A Comparative Discourse Jerry Mmanoko Mathekga The Question of Enforcement: Sodomy Legislation and Anti-Queer Social Panopticism in Uganda S.M. Rodriguez The Nigerian Education, Industry and Bureaucracy: The Counsellor's Perspective Maduka, Ngozi Joy Privatization of the Electric Power Sector and Service Delivery in Nigeria Ifeanyichukwu Micheal Abada, Nneka Ifeoma Okafor and Christopher Ewuzie Obianagwa The Relevance of Creativity Economics of Contemporary Nigerian Diaspora Art on Political Socialization Timothy Olusola Ogunfuwa Part II: Institutions and Development Challenges in Africa Historicizing Development and the Dilemma of Adopting Western Models in Nigeria Cinderella Temitope Ochu Local Government-State Joint Account and Crisis of Grassroots Development in Nigeria Nneka Ifeoma Okafor, Ifeanyichukwu Micheal Abada and Paul Hezekiah Omeh Nigeria and the Neo-colonial Dilemma: Rethinking the Challenge of an Unfinished Business Obinna Innocent Ihunna Urban Redevelopment as Metaphor for Gentrification in the Making of a Mega-City: The Forced Displacement of Otodo Gbame/Ebute Ikate Community, Lagos State Alabi Bamidele Railway and the Transformation and Modernization of Kafanchan, 1927-1993 Gaius Jatau
