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dc.contributor.authorOjebode, Ayobami
dc.contributor.authorOnyishi, Ernest
dc.contributor.authorA. Aremu, Fatai
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-22T10:30:05Z
dc.date.available2017-03-22T10:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2017-03-22
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/12871
dc.description.abstractDeepening democracy through local elections is a major aim of decentralisation. But do elections always work to strengthen the relationship between local politicians and citizens, or can they set elected officials up for failure? This article examines security provisioning by local governments in Nigeria, understanding that some local governments are elected, while others are appointed by state governors. Our hypothesis was that elected local councils should be better rated than those that are appointed. By looking at local government areas that differ mainly in terms of whether their council is elected or appointed, we found that local elections are not enough singly to build strong connections between democratically elected local politicians and citizens. Democratic decentralisation in the context of limited financial resources, and limited autonomy vis-à-vis state governors and political bosses, can set elected governments up for failure to the extent that they are viewed as worse performers than their appointed counterparts.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Development Studiesen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS Bulletin;48.2
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International licence, which permits downloading and sharing provided the original authors and source are credited – but the work is not used for commercial purposes. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcodeen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.subjectSecurity and Conflicten
dc.titleIs Election a Disadvantage? Nigerian Local Councils and Security Provisionen
dc.typeSeries paper (IDS)en
dc.rights.holderInstitute of Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.teamGovernanceen
dc.identifier.doi10.19088/1968-2017.115
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-03-22
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