Political violence and the electoral process in Nigeria - an overview of the 2015 presidential election Department:Public Administration By: philip123 Project ID: 1872 Rating: (3.3) votes: 6 Price:₦1000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThe electoral process in Nigeria as in most developing democracies is fraught with several challenges, these spans operational, technological and institutional among several others. In the storied history of electioneering in Nigeria therefore, only two exercises have been internationally acclaimed to be patently creditable, the June 1993 and March/April 2015 general elections. This underscores the onerous responsibility for conducting free and fair elections in Nigeria. The present intervention argues that electoral processes are reflective of the quality of the regulative and constitutive frameworks (institutions) governing society and by extension that the extent to which the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) can mid-wives creditable elections is dependent upon its own institutional coherence and those of ancillary organization and the legal framework it operates within. The analysis draw upon the voracity effect model (Tornell, and Lane 1999), to underscore the challenges for managing elections in severely fractured polities with weak institutions and will delineate the pitfalls to delivering credible elections in Nigeria. The intervention will draw upon aspects of the 2015 general elections to elucidate its argument of improved institutional capacity of INEC in historical perspective and compare the leadership of the two electoral commissions that have delivered in electoral integrity....Preview Download Preview +Other Public Administration project topics and materials you might be interested in»Impact of industrial conflict on the performance of workers in the government parastatal (a case study of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)»Human resources as a catalyst for economic growth and development in Nigeria (a case study of Abuja municipal area council) »The influence of effective personnel management practice in organization performance»Local government financial autonomy and grass root development in Nigeria (a case study of Afikpo north local government area)»Manpower training and development as a tool for effective performance in public sector in Nigeria»The impact of poor revenue generation on the development of Local Government Areas»Enhancing political stability in Nigeria through good governance ( a case study of Abia state)»Niger-Delta crisis and its impact on socio-economic development in Nigeria»Bureaucracy and efficiency (a case study of Enugu state civil service)»Political instability a major hindrance to effective policy implementation and good governance (a case study of Nigeria 1983 -1999)»Effects of delayed payment of lecturers salaries and wages on students performance»Fuel subsidy removal and the Nigerian economy (a case study of Abakiliki local government area, Ebonyi state) »Accountability and corruption in local government in Nigeria (Case study of Bonny local government area of Rivers state)»Impact of collective bargaining techniques on industrial relations practice (a case study of two selected firms from NUPENG and NUBIFE)»The influence of employee behaviour on the internal audit function of an organization (a case study of P.Z. industries plc Aba)