Africa

Nigeria

Dr

Redeemer's University, Redemption City, Ogun State, Nigeria

sholaomotola@yahoo.com

Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Redeemer's University, Redemption City, Ogun State, Nigeria

+2348038075917

Nigeria and Ghana

PhD, MSc Political Science (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
BSc (Hons) Political Science (University of Ilorin, Nigeria)

Comparative African democratisation and election studies; oil and environmental politics in the @#!*% Delta; identity politicc, including ethnic minority and gender strudies; development, peace and conflict studies.

Comparative politics (Introduction to comparative politics; introduction and contemporary political analysis; political behaviour; political sociology; comparative African institutions, particularly democratisation and elections, governance and politics)
Political economy (state and economy, development administration, globalisation);
Research methods in political science
Introduction to political science.

Edited Books
1. J. Shola Omotola (JSO) and Chris LaMonica, eds. Horror in Paradise: Frameworks for Understanding the Crises of the @#!*% Delta of Nigeria, Durham, NC, USA: Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming in press, 2013 (http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781611633559/Horror-in-Paradise).
2. JSO, 2013. Guest Editor, Special Edition on the December 2012 Ghanaian Election, Journal of African Elections, Vol. 12 (2), October 2013.
Monographs
1. JSO. 2011. Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa. What Implications for Democratic Consolidation? Sweden: Discussion Paper 70, Nordic African Institute, Upssala, Sweden, 49pp.
2. JSO. 2006. The Next Gulf? Oil Politics, Environmental Apocalypse and Rising Tension in the @#!*% Delta. Occasional Publication Series, Vol. 1 (3), African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Pretoria, South Africa, 31pp.
Journal Articles
1. JSO, 2013. ‘Trapped in Transition: Nigeria’s First Democratic Decade and Beyond’, Taiwan Journal of Democracy, Vol. 8 (2) forthcoming.
2. JSO, 2013. ‘The al-Qaeda Network and Attendant Security Threats in Africa’, African Journal of Peace and Security, Vol. 1 (1), pp. 7-20.
3. JSO, 2013. ‘Elections, Legitimacy and Insecurity in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic’, Ibadan Journal of Peace and Development, Vol. 1 (1), 2012, pp.143-158 (with Muhammad Murtala).
4. JSO, 2012. ‘Political Participation and Voter Turnout in Nigeria’s 2011 Elections’, Journal of African Elections (Special Issue on Nigeria’s 2011 Elections), Vol. 11 (1), (with Gbenga Aiyedogbon),pp. 54-73.
5. JSO, 2012. ‘Legitimacy Crisis and “Popular Uprisings” in North Africa’, Strategic Analysis, Vol. 36 (5), pp. 713-719.
6. JSO, 2012. ‘Towards an African Voice in the Global Security Dialogue’, Ibadan Journal of Peace and Development, Vol. 1 (1), 2012, pp.111-132 (Commissioned).
7. JSO, 2011. ‘Third Term Politics and the De-Institutionalisation of power in Africa’, Africa Review, Vol. 3 (2), pp. 123-140.
8. JSO, 2011. ‘Electoral Reform and the Prospects of Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria’, Journal of African Elections, Vol. 10 (1), pp. 187-207.
9. JSO, 2011. ‘A Cabalised Regime: Neopatrimonialism, President Yar’Adua’s Health Crisis and Nigeria’s Democracy’, CEU Political Science Journal, Vol. 6 (2), pp. 222.253.
10. JSO, 2011. Explaining Electoral Violence in Africa’s New Democracies. African Journal on Conflict Resolution, Vol. 10 (3), 2010, pp. 52-73.
11. JSO. 2010. Elections and Democratic Transitions in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic. African Affairs, Vol. 109 (437), pp.535-553 (Award Winning Article: Runner Up, Young African Scholar Award, 2010-2011, by African Affairs and African Studies Association, UK, 2012).
12. JSO. 2010. Mechanisms of Post-Election Conflict Resolution in Africa’s ‘New’ Democracies. African Security Review, Vol. 19 (2),pp. 2-13.
13. JSO, 2010. ‘Political Parties and the Quest for Political Stability in Nigeria’, Taiwan Journal of Democracy, Vol. 6 (2), 2010,pp. 125-146.
14. JSO. 2010. Ghana Defies the Odds Again: The 2008 Election and the Consolidation of Democracy. Politeia: South African Journal of Political and Administrative Studies, Vol. 29 (1),pp 42–64.
15. JSO. 2010. ‘Bringing Human Rights Back into the @#!*% Delta Discourse’, AFFRIKA: Journal of Politics, Economics and Society, Vol. 2 (2), pp. 61-80.
16. JSO. 2010. ‘Liberation Movements’ and Rising Violence in the @#!*% Delta: The ‘New’ Contentious Site of Oil and Environmental Politics’, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Vol. 33(1), pp. 36-54.
17. JSO. 2009. Attractions and Limitations of Liberal Democracy in Africa. Africana: A Journal of Ideas on Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 3(1), pp. 5-29.
18. JSO. 2009. ‘Garrison’ Democracy in Nigeria: The 2007 General Elections and the Prospects of Democratic Consolidation. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics Vol. 47 (2), pp. 195-221.
19. JSO. 2009. Dissent and State Excesses in the @#!*% Delta, Nigeria. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Vol. 32 (2),pp. 129-147.
20. JSO, 2009. Foreign Aid, Debt Relief and Africa’s Development: Problems and Prospects. South African Journal of International Affairs 16 (1), (Routledge, with H. A. Saliu), pp. 87-102.
21. JSO. 2009. Globalization, World Trade Organization and the Challenges of Sustainable Development in Africa. Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 10 (4).
22. JSO, 2009. Democracy and Constitutionalism in Nigeria Under the Fourth Republic, 1999-2007. Africana: A Journal of Ideas on Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 2(2), pp.1-29
23. JSO. 2009. Nigerian Parties and Political Ideology. Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, 1 (3),pp. 612-634.
24. JSO. 2008. Against the Cultural Gap Thesis in Africa’s Democratisation. Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies, Vol.23 (2), pp. 46-68.
25. JSO (2008) “Political Globalisation and Citizenship: New Sources of Security Threats in Africa”, Journal of African Law, Vol. 52 (2), pp.268-283.
26. JSO. 2008. Combating Poverty for Sustainable Human Development in Nigeria: The Continuing Struggle. Journal of Poverty, Vol. 12 (4).
27. JSO (2008) “Democratisation, Identity Transformation and Rising Ethnic Conflicts in Kogi State, Nigeria”, Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies, Vol.23 (1), pp. 72-91.
28. JSO. 2008. Can Nigeria Get a UN Security Council Seat? South African Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 15 (1), (with H. A. Saliu), pp. 71-85.
29. JSO. 2008. Assessing Counter-Terrorism Measures in Africa: Implications for Human Rights and National Security. Conflict Trends, Vol. 11 (2), 41-48.
30. JSO (2007) “The Intellectual Dimensions of Corruption in Nigeria”, African Sociological Review, Vol. 11(2), pp. 29-41.
31. JSO (2007) “Democratisation, Sub-Ethnic Identities and Intra-Group Relations among the Okun of Kogi State, Nigeria”, The International Journal of Regional and Local Studies, Series 2, Vol. 3 (1), pp.81-93.
32. JSO (2007) “Godfathers and the 2007 Nigerian General Elections”, Journal of African Elections, Vol.6 (2),pp. 134-154.
33. JSO (2007) “Public Perceptions of the 2007 Nigerian General Elections”, Journal of African Elections, Vol.6 (2), (with P. F. Adebayo), pp. 201-216.
34. JSO (2007) “Violence as Threats to Democracy in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic, 1999-2005”, African and Asian Studies, Vol.6 (1-2), (with F. A. Aremu), pp. 53-79.
35. JSO (2007) “The Sierra Leone Lome Peace Accord”, Conflict Trends, Vol. 10 (3), pp. 38-43.
36. JSO (2007) “From the OMPADEC to the NDDC: An Assessment of State Responses to Environmental Insecurity in the @#!*% Delta, Nigeria”, Africa Today, Vol. 54 (1), pp. 73-89.
37. JSO (2007) “What is this Gender Talk All About After All? Gender, Power and Politics in Cotemporary Nigeria”, African Study Monographs, Vol. 28(1), pp. 34-46.
38. JSO (2006) “‘Through A Glass Darkly’: Assessing the ‘New’ War against Corruption in Nigeria”, Africa Insight, Vol. 36(3-4),pp. 214-229.
39. JSO (2006) “Constitutional Review and the Third Term Agenda: Nigeria’s Democracy at the Crossroads”, The Constitution, Vol.6 (3), pp.57-77.
40. JSO (2006), “Beyond Transition: The Challenges of Security Sector Reform and Reconstruction in Liberia”, Journal of Security Sector Management, Vol. 4(4).
41. JSO (2006) “The Limits of Election Monitoring: The 2003 Nigerian General Elections”, Representation, Vol. 42 (2), pp.57-67.
42. JSO (2004), “The Search for a Stable Governmental System in Nigeria”, Nigerian Forum, Vol. 25(9&10).
43. JSO (2004) “Problematising the Constitution in Africa” The Nigerian Social Scientists, Vol. 7(2).
44. JSO (2004) “Explaining Succession and Legitimacy Crisis in Africa: Colonialism Revisited” Research for Development, Vol. 20 (2).
55. JSO (2003) “Combating International Terrorism: Possibilities and Limitations”, Nigerian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 29 (1&2).
Book Chapters
1. JSO, 2013. ‘Women and the @#!*% Delta Question’, in Lamonica, C. and Omotola, J. S. eds. Horror in Paradise...
2. JSO, 2013. ‘The AU and NATO: What Manner of Partnership?’, AU-NATO Collaboration: Implications and Prospects, Rome, Italy: NATO Defence College, pp. 66-77.
3. JSO. 2011. Domestic, Community and State-Sponsored Violence in Nigeria. (With Sahedd Aderinto). In Servidio, Eileen and Pike, David. Eds. Crime Against Women. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.
4. JSO. 2010. The Nigerian State and Multiple Minorities. In Korieh, Chima and Michael U. Mbaneso, eds. Minorities and the State in Africa, Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, pp. 267-292
5. JSO. 2009.' Independence Movements' and .'Autocracy/Authoritarianism'. In Abiola Irele and Biodun Jeyifo, eds. Encyclopedia of African Thought, Vol. 1. UK: Oxford University Press.
6. JSO. 2009. Through the Changing Scene of Political Islam in Nigeria. In Aysegul Komsuoglu and GUl Kurtoglu-Eskisar (eds.), Siyasal Islam in Farkli Yuzleri [Different Faces of Political Islam], Istanbul: Profil Yayinlari (in Turkish with Saheed Aderinto, UT at Austin).
7. JSO. 2009. Beyond Secularism: The Shadow of Religion on Nigerian Democracy. In Adekunle Julius, ed. Religion in Politics: Secularism and National Integration in Modern Nigeria, Trenton, NJ, USA: Africa World Press, pp. 81-98.