Language, Politics and Democratic Governance in Nigeria: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. In Obeng, S.(ed) Issues in Political Discourse Analysis Vol. 2 Issue 2, 2008. New York:Nova Science Publishers, pp. 207-226 (original) (raw)

It is a fact that within the last six decades, the third world nations have experienced a reconfiguration of their traditional systems of politics and governance, sociocultural formations and practices, and socioeconomic structures following their contact with the West. Unfortunately, one major aspect of the impact of this contact that is yet to produce positive effects is the role of political communication in stabilizing democratic governance. While issues that are not language-relate-such as an overambitious military, loosely defined federalism, and a weak political party system-have been treated as constituting barriers to the establishment and sustenance of viable democratic governance in Nigeria, the role of political communication in developing a strong tradition of democratic practices has been overlooked.

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