POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF 3 SENATORAL DISTRICTS OF AKWA-IBOM STATE

POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF 3 SENATORAL DISTRICTS OF AKWA-IBOM STATE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE                                                                                                                              PAGE
Title page                                                                                                                             
Certification                                                                                                                                    ii
Dedication                                                                                                                         
Acknowledgement                                                                                                           
Table of content                                                                                                                
List of Tables                                                                                                                     
Abstract                                                                                                                               

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1       Background to the study                                                                                  
1.2       Statement of Research problem                                                                      
1.3       Objectives of study                                                                                               
1.4       Statement of Hypotheses                                                                                  
1.5       Significance of study                                                                                        
1.6       Scope and limitations                                                                                        
1.7       Definition of terms                                                                                               
References                                                                                                                            16       
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW/THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 
2.1       Political parties as building blocks of Electoral politics                              
2.2     Variety in origins and development of political parties.                           
2.3       Party origins and development in established western
Democracies                                                                                                           

2.4       Party origins and development in the developing world                         
2.5       Historical Background of Nigerian political parties                                      
2.6       Theoretical Framework                                                                                     
2.7       Theoretical explanations of party and party system development               
References                                                                                                                            40       

 

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1       Research Design                                                                                                    
3.2       Population of study                                                                                           
3.3       Sample size/Sampling technique                                                                    
3.4       Research Instrument: Questionnaire/ Interview                                       
3.5       Validity and Reliability of instruments                                                         
3.6     Sources of Data                                                                            
3.7       Techniques of data analysis                                                                                  
References                                                                                                                          

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND
 INTERPRETATION
4.1       Introduction                                                                                                          
4.2       Data presentation                                                                                                 
4.3       Test of Hypotheses                                                                                      
4.4     Interview Analysis                                                                      
References                                                                                                                             

CHAPTER FIVE: FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION
5.1       Introduction                                                                                                           
5.2       Summary and Discussions of findings                                                                
5.3       Recommendations                                                                                                
5.4       Conclusions                                                                                                         
References                                                                                                                           
Bibliography                                                                                                                       
Appendix A: Questionnaires                                                                                        
Appendix B:  Interview Schedule (Guide)                                                                     
Appendix C:  List of Political Parties                                                                               
Appendix D:  Statistical