POLI 11 Chapter 18: Comparative Politics Today Chapter 18 Notes.doc
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The declining quality of elections, persistent inequalities, and failures of government performance all contribute to popular skepticism about democracy. After his election, a new democratic legislature followed a few weeks later. Into thousand and three, pres. of us on hole was reelected in a landslide, and his party also captured most other important political offices: he was the president elected into thousand and seven. This only happened after a failed attempt by obasanjo"s supporters to change the constitution to extend his stay in office another turn. The constitution faced a fresh test when pres. He took over from being vice president after former. Beyond these political test, nigerians remain frustrated with the failure of democracy to harness their country"s wealth to provide basic human needs, education, partible water, reliable transportation, and communications. With poor government performance, persistent secretarian tensions along ethnic, regional, and religious lines, and struggling democratic institutions, the a little more of authoritarianism is not entirely faded.
