AbstractThe civil society and civil society organizations, have sacrificed their existence, goals and objectives to the course of the fight towards socio-political development in Nigeria. To this effect, they have made relentless effort and provoking arrangements, to ensure that the goals and objectives for which they are set up are achieved to a considerable extent. Hence in the course of their activity towards achieving this goal, they discovered that there are lots of factors undermining socio-political development in Nigeria and hence sought to put an end to them. Issues such as; poverty, corruption, unemployment and human rights violation have been a thorn on the neck for socio-political development in Nigeria and until this is made history, the Nigeria socio-political development will remain a mirage. Having discovered these problems, the civil society organizations have continued to fight these problems to a standstill to ensure that the development dream of the Nigerian socio-political sector is kept alive as we will see through the activities of the Civil Liberties Organizations (CLO) In our attempt to analyze and investigate the problem associated with this research work, we adopted the structural functional theory as our theoretical framework while the secondary method and documentary research was used for gathering and analyzing data. This research work on the Impact of civil society organization on the socio-political development (An appraisal of the Civil Liberties Organization) was carried out to ascertain the impact civil society organizations make on Nigeria’s socio-political development and hence making useful suggestion that would further enhance socio-political development.lay in the fight against corruption in Nigeria.
Table of ContentsTitle Page ------------------------------------------------i
Approval Page -------------------------------------------ii
Dedication -----------------------------------------------iii
Acknowledgment ------------------------------------iv-vii
Abstract ----------------------------------------------viii-xi
Table of Contents------------------------------------xii-xiv
Chapter One: General Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study -----------------------1-5
1.2 Statement of the Problem -----------------------5-7
1.3 Objectives of the Study---------------------------7-8
1.4 Literature Review---------------------------------8-17
1.5 Significance of the Study ---------------------18-19
1.6 Theoretical Framework -----------------------19-25
1.7 Hypotheses -------------------------------------25-26
1.8 Methods of Data Collection and Analysis ------26
1.9 Scope and Limitation of the Study----------26-27
1.10 Operationalization of Concepts -------------27-29
Chapter Two: Civil Society Organization and Democracy in Nigeria
2.1 Origin and Development of Civil Society Organization in the Post Military Nigeria-----------------------30-42
2.2 Dimensions of Civil Society Organizations-----42-49
2.3 Objectives and Roles of Civil Society Organization-----------------------------------------49-62
Chapter Three: The Driving Forces of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria
3.1 The Perversity of Corruption in Nigeria---------63-83
3.2 The Scourge of Poverty and Unemployment in Nigeria------------------------------------------------83-99
3.3 The Prevalence of Human Rights Violation
in Nigeria-----------------------------------------100-107
Chapter Four: Civil Liberties Organizations and Socio-Political Development in Nigeria
4.1 Civil Liberties Organization and the War Against Corruption in Nigeria.--------------------------108-119
4.2 Civil Liberties Organizations and Poverty Alleviation Programme---------------------------------------120-125
4.3 Civil Liberties Organizations and Human Rights Protection in Nigeria----------------------------125-133
Chapter Five: Summary, Conclusion and
Recommendations
5.1 Summary-----------------------------------------134-136
5.2 Conclusion ---------------------------------------137-139
5.3 Recommendations-------------------------------140-146
Bibliography -------------------------------------147-150
