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The Impacts of Globalization on the Nigerian System

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The waves of globalization sweeping across the world have influenced Nigeria in areas which include but are not necessarily limited to the following: politics, socio-economic liberalization and integration with the global economy; economic interdependence and growth, unrestricted access to contents available in electronic media and the Internet, as well as the restoration of democratic governance and political restructuring.

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Akinwunmi-Othman, M.N. (2017). The Impacts of Globalization on the Nigerian System. In: Globalization and Africa’s Transition to Constitutional Rule. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56035-9_7

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