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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