Evolution and decline: transformation of social movements in Nigeria

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES Review of African Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-11-26 DOI:10.1080/03056244.2021.1996344

O. Ajala

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Despite the rising academic scholarship on democracy, particularly the role played by social movements in entrenching democracy in Africa, few studies have explored the transformation of social movements after they have achieved (or come close to achieving) their stated goals. Using a case study of the Oodua Peoples Congress in Nigeria, this study argues that social movements in Africa lack the capacity to transform and often become partisan or disintegrate. The study concludes that the unique characteristics of African politics, coupled with the inability of social movements to maintain public support after initial gains, eventually weaken the movements.

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进化与衰落：尼日利亚社会运动的转型

摘要尽管学术界对民主的研究越来越多，特别是社会运动在巩固非洲民主方面发挥的作用，但很少有研究探讨社会运动在实现（或接近实现）既定目标后的转变。本研究通过对尼日利亚Oodua人民代表大会的案例研究，认为非洲的社会运动缺乏变革的能力，往往会变得党派化或解体。该研究得出结论，非洲政治的独特特征，加上社会运动在最初获得支持后无法保持公众支持，最终削弱了这些运动。

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Review of African Political Economy Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) is a refereed journal committed to encouraging high quality research and fostering excellence in the understanding of African political economy. Published quarterly by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group for the ROAPE international collective it has since 1974 provided radical analysis of trends and issues in Africa. It has paid particular attention to the political economy of inequality, exploitation and oppression, whether driven by global forces or local ones (such as class, race, community and gender), and to materialist interpretations of change in Africa. It has sustained a critical analysis of the nature of power and the state in Africa.