{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2003425849","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","title":"Politics of Power Acquisition and Decision-Making Implementations by Manipulation: The Paradigm of Nigeria Leadership","display_name":"Politics of Power Acquisition and Decision-Making Implementations by Manipulation: The Paradigm of Nigeria Leadership","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-03-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2003425849","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","mag":"2003425849"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","pdf_url":"https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/download/15989/10760","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2765046590","display_name":"Asian Social Science","issn_l":"1911-2017","issn":["1911-2017","1911-2025"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310322531","host_organization_name":"Canadian Center of Science and Education","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310322531"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Canadian Center of Science and Education"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Asian Social Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/download/15989/10760","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074262053","display_name":"Ray Ikechukwu Jacob","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3658-0022","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3658-0022"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I885383172","display_name":"National University of Malaysia","ror":"https://ror.org/00bw8d226","country_code":"MY","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I885383172"]}],"countries":["MY"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Ray Ikechukwu Jacob","raw_affiliation_strings":["National University of Malaysia (UKM) 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor D. E., Malaysia","Program Coordinator, Africa Studies Unit, Africa -Malaysia Engagement Project Institute of Malaysian & International Studies -(IKMAS),"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National University of Malaysia (UKM) 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor D. E., Malaysia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I885383172"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Program Coordinator, Africa Studies Unit, Africa -Malaysia Engagement Project Institute of Malaysian & International Studies -(IKMAS),","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5074262053"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I885383172"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.26076171,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"4","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14228","display_name":"Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria","score":0.9150000214576721,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3300","display_name":"General Social Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14228","display_name":"Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria","score":0.9150000214576721,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3300","display_name":"General Social Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10070","display_name":"Political Conflict and Governance","score":0.06159999966621399,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14429","display_name":"Global Political and Social Dynamics","score":0.0032999999821186066,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/power-acquisition","display_name":"power acquisition","score":0.6930000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-decision-making","display_name":"political decision-making","score":0.9390000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-manipulation","display_name":"political manipulation","score":0.7289999723434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religious-conflict","display_name":"religious conflict","score":0.7279999852180481},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ethnic-conflict","display_name":"ethnic conflict","score":0.9430000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/boko-haram","display_name":"Boko Haram","score":0.45399999618530273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/causes-of-conflict","display_name":"causes of conflict","score":0.3540000021457672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource-competition","display_name":"resource competition","score":0.6110000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-institutions","display_name":"political institutions","score":0.45100000500679016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nigeria","display_name":"Nigeria","score":0.4259999990463257}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.6897453665733337},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137403100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41710","display_name":"Ethnic group","level":2,"score":0.5309666395187378},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.5058864951133728},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555826173","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7174","display_name":"Democracy","level":3,"score":0.4832938015460968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.4689245820045471},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138921699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47555","display_name":"Political economy","level":1,"score":0.4535679221153259},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777593458","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766875","display_name":"Ethnic conflict","level":3,"score":0.45128849148750305},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.434050589799881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.4180002808570862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.34807467460632324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","pdf_url":"https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/download/15989/10760","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2765046590","display_name":"Asian Social Science","issn_l":"1911-2017","issn":["1911-2017","1911-2025"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310322531","host_organization_name":"Canadian Center of Science and Education","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310322531"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Canadian Center of Science and Education"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Asian Social Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.884.2258","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.884.2258","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/download/15989/10760/","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n4p285","pdf_url":"https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/download/15989/10760","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2765046590","display_name":"Asian Social Science","issn_l":"1911-2017","issn":["1911-2017","1911-2025"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310322531","host_organization_name":"Canadian Center of Science and Education","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310322531"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Canadian Center of Science and Education"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Asian Social Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":1.0,"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2003425849.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2003425849.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":30,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W3831069","https://openalex.org/W639642725","https://openalex.org/W1482350828","https://openalex.org/W1546280104","https://openalex.org/W1590514403","https://openalex.org/W1968459316","https://openalex.org/W1983094071","https://openalex.org/W1987771648","https://openalex.org/W1990701348","https://openalex.org/W1999900620","https://openalex.org/W2000451491","https://openalex.org/W2032217830","https://openalex.org/W2084151384","https://openalex.org/W2086068736","https://openalex.org/W2105043587","https://openalex.org/W2138099467","https://openalex.org/W2145217798","https://openalex.org/W2159254425","https://openalex.org/W2321361684","https://openalex.org/W2799537608","https://openalex.org/W2998955817","https://openalex.org/W3142394089","https://openalex.org/W4231432262","https://openalex.org/W4302561294","https://openalex.org/W6628697478","https://openalex.org/W6650494823","https://openalex.org/W6772103579","https://openalex.org/W6997051403","https://openalex.org/W7039698425","https://openalex.org/W7044386168"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2188940130","https://openalex.org/W2136589266","https://openalex.org/W1479798085","https://openalex.org/W6987246000","https://openalex.org/W4226091892","https://openalex.org/W57866225","https://openalex.org/W2770366580","https://openalex.org/W2089646223","https://openalex.org/W6931140724","https://openalex.org/W4250648509"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1,114],"examines":[2],"how":[3,124],"the":[4,15,18,35,109,116,125,128,136,145,184,213,221,225],"modern":[5],"politics":[6],"of":[7,17,63,75,86,94,97,112,118,161,168,176,215],"power":[8,91],"acquisition":[9],"and":[10,123,127,158,163,181,202,237,244],"decision-making":[11,189],"implementations":[12,129],"has":[13,22,130,171],"become":[14,24],"paradigm":[16,27],"Nigerian":[19],"leadership.":[20],"It":[21],"also":[23,231],"a":[25,50,73,106,200],"pivotal":[26],"in":[28,34,121,135,144,173,199,224],"helping":[29],"as":[30,72],"instrumental":[31],"for":[32],"violence":[33],"said":[36],"society.":[37],"Imperatively,":[38],"war":[39,134],"can":[40,70],"be":[41],"possible":[42],"through":[43],"decision":[44,126],"making":[45],"implemented":[46],"wrongly,":[47],"either":[48],"by":[49,58,89,217,240],"local":[51],"government,":[52],"State,":[53],"federal":[54],"government":[55],"or":[56],"even":[57],"an":[59],"individual.":[60],"Also,":[61],"Scholars":[62],"conflict":[64,69,170,198,216,223,230,234],"had":[65,140],"enormously":[66],"argued":[67],"that":[68,193],"occur":[71],"result":[74],"various":[76],"reasons":[77],"such":[78],"as,":[79],"geographical":[80],"proximity,":[81],"group":[82],"identity,":[83],"deliberate":[84],"manipulation":[85],"negative":[87],"perceptions":[88],"Political":[90],"leaders,":[92],"competition":[93],"resources,":[95],"weakness":[96],"political":[98,187],"institution":[99],"transitions":[100],"to":[101,103,132,196,211],"democracy":[102],"mention":[104],"but":[105],"few.":[107],"However,":[108],"main":[110],"focus":[111],"this":[113],"is":[115,190],"implementation":[117],"Shari\u2019a":[119],"law":[120],"Nigeria":[122],"led":[131],"bloody":[133,154],"north.":[137],"The":[138,165],"implications":[139],"been":[141,150],"overwhelmingly":[142],"diverstating":[143],"country.":[146,185],"Uncountable":[147],"lives":[148],"have":[149],"lost":[151],"via":[152],"mayhem":[153],"wars,":[155],"homes,":[156],"properties":[157],"enumerable":[159],"destruction":[160],"things":[162],"displacement.":[164],"economic":[166],"implication":[167],"ethnic":[169,197,203,233,242],"resulted":[172],"unequal":[174],"distribution":[175],"resources":[177],"among":[178],"individual,":[179],"groups":[180,243],"regions":[182],"within":[183],"Therefore,":[186],"power-holders\u2019":[188],"one":[191],"source":[192],"could":[194],"lead":[195],"multi-cultural":[201],"country":[204],"like":[205],"Nigeria.":[206],"Decision-making":[207],"approach":[208],"was":[209],"used":[210],"examine":[212],"scene":[214],"focusing":[218],"only":[219],"on":[220],"religious":[222,229],"North.":[226],"In":[227],"Nigeria,":[228],"involving":[232],"caused":[235],"Muslims":[236],"Christians":[238],"represented":[239],"different":[241],"regions.":[245]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}