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| PART ONE Nigeria's political evolution and its plural dialogue |
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Pluralism-The Nigerian Instance |
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The Nigerian ethnic diversification |
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The Hausa-Fulani ethnic group |
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Administration, religion and politics in the Hausa states |
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Politics and religion among the Yorubas |
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Ibo nomenclatural explications |
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Igbo world view and social structures |
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Social organization and political structure |
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Igbo traditional society and values |
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Government and authority structure in lgboland |
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Authority and leadership in lgbo society |
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Sources of authority in lgboland |
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The Umunna as source of authority |
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The age grade(ndi ebiri) as source of authority |
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The cults as source of authority |
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Historical integration into Nationhood |
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The many ``Nations'' in one Nigeria |
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The participatory authority in the colonial era |
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Plural Structure in worldviews |
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Morality in the newly acquired legitimacy |
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| PART TWO Authority and pluralism: conceptions and ramifications |
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Negative conceptions of authority |
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Authoritarianism and authority |
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Might, Lordship and authority |
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De Jure and De Facto authorities |
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Paternal of parental authority |
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Pluralism, its origin, types and applications |
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Historical development of plurailsm |
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Classifications of pluralism |
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Political pluralism or political liberalism |
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Walzer and the pluralistic spheres |
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John Rawls Liberal view and pluralism |
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Rawls systematic orientation |
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Classical Utiliterianism in Rawls |
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Intuitionalism and the Rawlsian project |
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Teleology and deontology in Rawls |
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The Maximin rule and the two principles |
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Justice as fairness and its justification in Kant |
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Consensus in the Agenda of pluralist equilibrium |
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From ethical theory of contractual justice to plural consensus |
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Contracterianism in the pluralistic agenda |
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Overlapping consensus and the plural paradigm |
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Overlapping consensus, not a ``modus vivendi'' |
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The prisoner's dilemma as modus vivendi |
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What is overlapping consensus? |
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The substance of Rawls theory and some critics |
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The Communiterian-Liberalism debate |
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Reconciliation of authority in multiplicity in the light of the church's teachings |
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The Subsidiarity Principles |
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Subsidiarity to Solidarity |
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Second Vatican II Council on pluralism and authority |
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Pluralism, authority and community |
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Jaques Maritain and the concept of Body politic |
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| PART THREE Pluralism and authority in test in Nigeria |
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Elements of dilemma of authority in plural issues |
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Elements of conflicts in Nigeria |
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Religion and internal dialogue |
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Pre civil war religious atmosphere in Nigeria |
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Post civil war religious atmosphere in Nigeria |
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Forceful take over of church's Schools |
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Ethical challenges of the schools'takeover and its implication for Nigeria's plural character |
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The divisive issue of Organization of Islamic Conference (O.I.C) |
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Imposition of authority in pluralism (the Shari ah court Affair) |
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Ethnicity and the challenge of authority in pluralism |
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Linguistic diversity and plural dialogue |
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Constant military intervention as a pluralistic challenge to the ethical authority of a nation |
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Military intervention 1966 - 1979 |
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Murtala Muhammed's Coup 29, July 1975 |
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Abacha's Coup - November 17, 1993 |
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Classification of the Militarry in Authority |
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The basis of the Military's absolute Power |
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The Military and the struggle for authority in the pluralist Nigeria |
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Pluralism - the root cause of military coups |
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Social Justice and plural character of Nigeria |
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The Federal character principle |
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Abandoned - property issue and property rights |
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The Right to life and its equivocations in Nigeria |
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Bribery and Corruption as ethical challanges in pluralism |
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Origins of corruption in attitudes, customs and habits |
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Corruption from preasures on authorities |
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Causes of corruption in Nigeria |
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Nigeria-authority and the problem of legitimation |
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Authority- legitimation and diversity |
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Legitimation in the developed countries |
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Authority and diversity mediation |
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The ideal characteristic of plural authority |
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The ethical challenges to authority within the Nigerian setting - a comparison |
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The need for a reconciliation of diverse political cultures |
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Swiss solution to pluralist problem as a model for Nigeria |
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Regionalism, state system and Canton System |
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Religious pluralism in Switzerland as example for Nigeria |
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Combining minorities to check majoritarian tyranny |
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Some practical suggestions to the problem of authority and pluralism in Nigeria |
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The Education of the mind instead of another Constitution |
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Education of the military - a conditio sine qua-non |
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Nigeria as a secular state must remain neutral in religious matters |
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Authority must be made to generate overlapping trust |
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Authority-trust and nation building in Nigeria |
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The need for trust as an agenda for solidaristic pluralism |
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Building overlapping consensus of multiple views |
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Overlapping consensus of multiple religions |
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Overlapping consensus of multiple ethnic groups |
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