Constructing a nation through the constitutional process: the Canadian experience

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dc.contributor.authorAdeleke
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-18T21:02:29Z
dc.date.available2015-11-18T21:02:29Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionTo get access to the full text contact the University of Lagos Library OR Dr. (Mrs.) Y. A. Zaid (yzaid@unilag.edu.ng) OR Dr. C. O. Okiki (cokiki@unilag.edu.ng)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe paper seeks to contribute to the search for the appropriate constitutional framework by drawing on the experience of Canada, a country that has used the constitutional process to resolve the contradictions of the “two nations” concept that is at the heart of its historical and political development. In addition to the multi-ethnic factor, Canada shares certain historical antecedents with Nigeria. Both countries were creations of British colonialism and are therefore inheritors of British political, legal, administrative and socio-cultural traditions. Both countries are also federal in structure. However, whereas Canada has resolved the contradictions of its ethnic composition and has now evolved into a nation Nigeria remains a “geographical expression” that is yet to evolve into a nation. Nigeria has remained a country in search of nationhood. The Nigerian nation-in-being has remained a mirage and would not evolve until a solution is found to the Nigerian Question.en_US
dc.identifier.citationConstructing a Nation Through the Constitutional Process: The Canadian Experience (2004). Benin Journal of Historical Studies 4 (1 & 2) 81-103en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/211
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectConstitutional processen_US
dc.subjectHistorical and political developmenten_US
dc.subjectGeographical expressionen_US
dc.subjectEthnic compositionen_US
dc.titleConstructing a nation through the constitutional process: the Canadian experienceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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