Nigerian Foreign Policy [electronic resource] : Alternative Perceptions and Projections

The preparation and publication of this volume not only reflect Nigeria's growing national role in the global political system; they also reflect the importance of the Nigerian statesmanship and scholarship in the global intellectual system. As befits their developing and dynamic country, Nigerian academics are very active in the global un iversity; some of their work is reflected in this project. The professional association between the editors on which this book is based started in Chicago in 1974 and continued at lfe in 1979-80. Together they organised a pair of panels at the African Studies Association conference in Philadelphia in 1980 at which several draft chapters were presented. And this and other joint editorial tasks have been facilitated by continuing linkages between the University of lfe in Nigeria and Dalhousie University in Canada. We are grateful for typing undertaken in Nigeria and Canada by Leslie Adamson, Doris Boyle, Tunde Akibu, Segun Oyedepo, Elaine Otto and Marie Riley and we appreciate the collaboration between Macmillan-Britain and Macmillan-Nigeria which made this collection possible. We also acknowledge the earlier appearance of Chapters 10 and 11 in Essays in Nigerian Foreign Policy and Journal of Modern African Studies respectively. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: Nigeria as Africa’s Major Power....Pages 1-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Nigeria in World Politics: Contemporary Calculations and Constraints....Pages 23-34 Nigerian-American Relations: Converging Interests and Power Relations....Pages 35-55 The Administration of Nigeria’s Foreign Service, 1960–80....Pages 56-76 Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy Decision-making in Nigeria....Pages 77-92 Nigerian Foreign Policy: a Case of Dominance or Dependence?....Pages 93-121 Front Matter....Pages 123-123 Indigenisation in Nigeria: Renationalisation or Denationalisation?....Pages 125-146 Nigeria’s Development Strategy in Global Perspective....Pages 147-163 Nigeria: Foreign Policy Alternatives....Pages 164-190 Nigerian Foreign Policy in the Year 2000....Pages 191-204 Nigeria in the World System: Alternative Approaches, Explanations and Projections....Pages 205-235 Back Matter....Pages 236-257