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Above Politics? : Ex-Military Leaders in Nigerian Electoral Politics
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- Angerbrandt, Henrik (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning
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- Themnér, Anders, Docent, 1976- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning
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- 2021-01-05
- 2021
- English.
- In: Democratization. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1351-0347 .- 1743-890X. ; 28:4, s. 782-800
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- In countries transitioning from military to democratic rule, authoritarian legacies often continue to influence politics. Whereas previous research has focused on the institutional causes of such deficiencies, there is a lack of studies examining the role ex-military leaders who re-emerge as civilian presidents have in sustaining authoritarian tendencies. In this article, we begin to fill this lacuna by investigating the question: how and under which conditions do ex-military leaders' political identity constructions affect their tendency to place themselves above politics (i.e. expressing the attitude and behaviour of being superior to democratic rules)? The literature on neo-patrimonialism and post-civil war politics points to the importance of the political identities of ex-militaries, and we propose a theory that highlights the role identity construction plays in shaping elites’ decision-making processes. Based on a comparison of two Nigerian presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari, we find that ex-generals' tendency to engage in politics from above is largely a function of to what extent they have diversified their political identities beyond their role as “militaries”. In this process, the degree of democratic consolidation also seems to play a role; ex-militaries operating in newly established democracies appear to have more opportunities to place themselves above politics.
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- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Political Science (hsv//eng)
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- Big Men
- Nigeria
- Democracy
- Patrimonialism
- Democratization
- Peace and Conflict Research
- Freds- och konfliktforskning
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