期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：3
页码：656-674
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：While it is possible for ethnicity through exclusivism to truncate socio-political and economic development in a multi-ethnic state, the recognition of every ethnic group that they belong to a nationality and not a particular ethnic group stems the negative impacts of ethnicity. This study examinesthe interplay between ethnicity, nationality and developmentin Nigeria. From the empirical evidences around the world, the study concludes that a political project that place emphasis on national integration and understanding as well as inclusion of every ethnic group in national governance is significantly a political tool to curtailing the negative impact of ethnicity in a multi-ethnic state; the product of which is socio-political and economic development.
