Contentious elections, political exclusion, and challenges of national integration in Nigeria

The roles of hate speech, ethnicity and region were very central to the 2015 general elections in Nigeria. Essentially, the elections created “mobilisational gaps”, built around religion and ethnicity. These factors shaped the pre- and post-election periods and divisions between ethnic groups associ...

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Main Authors: Peter O. Mbah, Chikodiri Nwangwu, Sam C. Ugwu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Cogent Social Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2019.1565615