From Participation to Influence

Youth Digital Civic Engagement and Democratic Accountability in Nigeria

von Raphael Oladipo Fifelola, Elijah Falode

112 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Millions of young Nigerians are online, angry, and engaged. They sign petitions, share posts, and mobilise in ways that make global headlines - as #EndSARS proved. Yet formal political participation is falling, budgets remain unresponsive, and officials stay in office. Something is going wrong between the noise and the outcome. This book names that problem precisely: the participation-influence gap. Drawing on Afrobarometer surveys, electoral records, World Bank data, and civil society assessments spanning 2011 to 2025, it asks the question that optimists and pessimists alike have avoided - not whether digital activism matters, but exactly when and why it converts into real institutional change. Comparing Nigeria against Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, Senegal, and Tanzania, it builds a rigorous, evidence-driven account of what separates digital energy from democratic power. This is essential reading for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers who refuse to settle for easy answers.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat
• ISBN: 9786630405804
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.08.2026
• Größe: 220 x 150 mm
• Verlag: GlobeEdit