Open AccessNIGERIA'S RETURN TO CIVILLIAN RULE
Author(s) -
Geoffrey Pardoe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientia militaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9682
pISSN - 2224-0020
DOI - 10.5787/10-3-698
Subject(s) - ideology , politics , latin americans , middle east , political science , southeast asia , political change , development economics , geography , political economy , ethnology , history , sociology , law , economics
One reason why there is 'always something new out of Africa' is that there are so few old, all-embracing and extensive institutions capable either of denying or of even moderating change. Africa is a most exciting continent, in part because of its potential for change. This is in sharp contrast to the cultural and religious limitations on change characteristic of much of Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. New ideologies, new politics, new constitutions and procedures, are to be expected out of Africa. (p. 1