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IMPACT OF POVERTY ON DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN EBONYI

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ABSTRACT

This research focused on the impact of poverty on democratic consolidation in Ohaukwu Local government Area of Ebonyi State, the objectives were to ascertain if poverty is instrumental to the poor consolidation of democracy in Ohaukwu local Government Area, to find out if the poor nature of the electorates makes them prone to manipulations by politicians. The methodology used was inferential and descriptive statistics. Marx theory of poverty was employed as its theoretical framework of analysis. The hypothesis was that there is no significant relationship between poverty and democratic consolidation in Ohaukwu local Government Area, there is a significant relationship between poverty and the consolidation of democracy in Ohaukwu . The results and findings of this research majorly is that the poor people cannot participate effectively in the politics and economy of our country, the more poverty there is, the more it is evident how the people loose faith in the capacity of democratic institutions to improve their welfare. More so poverty tends to be the cause of many social crimes in the study area. The study recommends that there is the need for political education by the media and civil society organization to reduce and redefine the people’s interest in politics, Poverty alleviation programmes must be demand driven and formulated bottom up with the poor as active stakeholders in the decision­ making process.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE                                                                                                             i

CERTIFICATION                                                                                                     ii

DEDICATION                                                                                                           iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS                                                                                       iv

ABSTRACT                                                                                                               v

TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                           vi

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the Study                                                                                     1

1.2 Statement of Problem                                                                                           4

1.3 Aims and Objectives of the study                                                                                    5

1.4 Significant of the study                                                                                        5

1.5 Research Questions                                                                                               6

1.6 Methodology                                                                                                        6

1.7 Scope/ limitations of study                                                                                   6

1.8 Research hypothesis                                                                                              7

1.9 Definition of terms                                                                                               7

1.10 Organization of study                                                                                         8

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS

2.1 Poverty                                                                                                                  9

2.1.1 Poverty and Nigeria’s Democracy                                                                     10

2.1.2 Poverty: Causes and Typologies                                                                        16

2.1.3 Causes of Poverty                                                                                              19

2.2.1 Types of Poverty                                                                                                21

2.2.2 Formidable challenges to democratic consolidation                                          24

2.3 Principles for Democratic Consolidation                                                              26

2.4 Theoretical Framework                                                                                         29

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1         Research Design                                                                                                       33

3.2         Area of Study                                                                                                           33

3.3 Population of study                                                                                              33

3.4 Data Collection Procedure                                                                                    34

3.5 Sampling Technique and Sampling Size                                                               35

3.6 Data Presentation                                                                                                  35

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS

4.1 Data Presentation/Analysis                                                                                   36

4.2 Data Analysis and Interpretation of Major Findings                                            39

4.3 Discussion of Findings                                                                                         49       

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 Summary                                                                                                               53

5.2 Conclusion                                                                                                            54

5.3 Recommendations                                                                                                            55

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QUESTIONNAIRES                                       

THE IMPACT OF POVERTY ON DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN EBONYI STATE: A CASE STUDY OF OHAUKWU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA.

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