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Michun Wakili Dickson

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Open access Sep 2026

The Political Economy of Party Defection in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Party defection, the practice of elected officials switching parties’ mid-term, has become an endemic feature of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, fundamentally undermining democratic consolidation. Moving beyond purely institutional or ideational explanations, this paper provides a political economy analysis of the phenom...

Michun Wakili Dickson · 0 citations
Open access Sep 2026

Party Defection and the Crisis of Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria’s Second Republic

This article interrogates the phenomenon of party defection as a critical impediment to democratic consolidation during Nigeria’s Second Republic (1979–1983). The democratic experiment after thirteen years of military rule was characterized by intense political competition, weak party institutionalization, electoral...

Michun Wakili Dickson · 0 citations

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