The Print Media, Civil Society and Democratic Governance in Nigeria: A Study of the Guardian Newspaper

The Print Media, Civil Society and Democratic Governance in Nigeria: A Study of the Guardian Newspaper

The objective of this paper is to establish the inextricable linkage between the media, civil society and democratic governance in Nigeria. Conversely, it seeks to reconcile the contradictions in democracy, weak civil society and docile media, which have become a perennial problem in Nigeria’s democratic experiment. It was necessitated by the increasing debate, indeed concern on the rapid...
 
Published at (Accepted) Polac International Journal of Humanities and Security Studies
Volume XXX
Issue XXX
Published in 2015
 
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Chidozie, F.C., Ajayi, O and Olorunnipa, I
Chidozie Felix » Dr Felix Chidozie is currently an international relations and conflict studies lecturer at Covenant University in Ota, Nigeria, having completed his PhD in 2014 (subject: Dependency or Cooperation? Nigeria-South Africa relations from 1960-2007). His principal research interests include foreign economic relations among emerging economies, development patterns in Africa, conflict studies, and... view full profile
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