Julius O. Ihonvbere

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

Nigeria

Title

Professor

Affiliation

Independent Scholar, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

Email

pending@columbia.edu

Websites

http://julius.ihonvbere.com/

Countries of Specialization

Nigeria

Research Interests

Former Program Officer in Governance and Civil Society, Ford Foundation.
Former Special Adviser to the Nigerian President on Programme and Policy
Monitoring.

Ph.D. in Political Science, 1984, University of Toronto, Canada.

Teaching Interests

Has taught at University of Ife, University of Port Harcourt, University
of Toronto, Houston-Tillotson College, Austin, Texas, and, The University
of Texas at Austin.

Publications

Books authored include: Labor, Capital and the State in Nigeria's Oil
Industry (1998); Africa and the New World Order (Peter Lang, 1997); The
State and Structural Adjustment in Nigeria (with Pita Agbese) (Howard
University Press, 1997); The Illusions of Power: Nigeria in Transition
(with Timothy M. Shaw) (Africa World Press, 1997); Economic Crisis, Civil
Society and Demoratization: The Case of Zambia (Africa World Press, 1996);
Nigeria: The Politics of Adjustment and Democracy (Transaction, 1994).

Keywords

political science ; policy monitoring ; governance ; civil society.