Chapter
Autocrats and activists
Abstract
This chapter examines the linkages between military rule, human rights and the Structural Adjustment Programme within the context of the civil society-led pro-democracy movement in Nigeria. It explores the paradoxical place of neoliberal structural adjustment economic policies on human rights in Nigeria in the 1980s and 1990s. It argues that pushing through unpopular austerity measures mandated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the …
Authors
Ibhawoh B; Akinosho L
Book title
Africa Under Neoliberalism
Pagination
pp. 136-150
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
October 10, 2017
DOI
10.4324/9781315565965-8