Oyeleye Oyediran

Oyeleye Oyediran is a Nigerian political scientist. A former Fulbright scholar, and a native of Ogbomosho in Oyo State,[1] he has edited books like, Nigerian Government and Politics Under Military Rule, 1966-1979 and Survey of Nigerian Affairs, 1973-1977 and 1978-1979.[2] He has remained a faculty at the Center for International Studies, at the East Carolina University,[3] and Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, (1999–2000).[4]

Early life and education

He attended Baptist Boys High School in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State in South West Nigeria, and received his PH.D from the University of Pittsburgh.[5]

Career

He has served as Chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Lagos[2][6] and was a lecturer at the University of Ibadan. During this period, he was Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Business and Social Studies for over ten years. He was a member of the 1975 Nigerian Constitution Drafting Committee, and from October 1999-July 2000, was a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, in Washington D.C.[4] He was also the first holder of the Distinguished River Endowed Chair at East Carolina University.

He has been a visiting lecturer at various institutions, including:

Publications

  • Nigerian legislative houses, which way?'. University of Ibadan Consultancy Unit, 1980.[7]
  • Oyediran, O. (1979). Nigerian government and politics under military rule, 1966-79. Macmillan.[8]
  • Essays on Local Government and Administration in Nigeria, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria, Project Publications, 1988.[9]
  • Transition Without End : Nigerian Politics and Civil Society under Babangida, edited by Larry Diamond, Anthony Kirk-Greene and Oyeleye Oyediran, Lynne Rienner Publishers (1997) ISBN 1-55587-591-2 [10]
  • Nigeria : Politics of Transition and Governance, 1986-1996, edited by Oyeleye Oyediran and Adigun A.B. Agbaje. Dakar, Senegal, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (c1999) ISBN 2-86978-071-0 [11]
  • Nigerian Government and Politics Under Military Rule, 1966-1979. Macmillan, 1979. ISBN 0-333-26898-9.[12]
  • Survey of Nigerian Affairs, 1973-1977 and 1978-1979. Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in co-operation with Macmillan Nigeria Publishers, 1981. ISBN 978-2276-49-9.[13]
  • Oyediran, O., & Agbaje, A. A. (Eds.). (1999). Nigeria: politics of transition and governance, 1986-1996. African Books Collective.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Nigerian political scientists famous people". Famous Scientists. 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. ^ a b "ABOUT THE AUTHOR".
  3. ^ "ECU University Archives - Faculty O". www.ecu.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  4. ^ a b Former Senior Fellows - United States Institute of Peace United States Institute of Peace.
  5. ^ "Oyeleye Oyediran - InfoHub". infohub.xyz.ng. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  6. ^ Oyeleye Oyediran; Adigun Agbaje (June 1991). "Two-Partyism and Democratic Transition in Nigeria". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 29 (2). University of Cambridge Press: 213–235. doi:10.1017/S0022278X0000272X. S2CID 154729480. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  7. ^ Oyediran, Oyeleye. (1980). Nigerian legislative houses, which way?. University of Ibadan Consultancy Unit. OCLC 988194892.
  8. ^ Whitaker, Jennifer Seymour; Oyediran, Oyeleye (1980). "Nigerian Government and Politics under Military Rule, 1966-1979". Foreign Affairs. 58 (5): 1205. doi:10.2307/20040643. ISSN 0015-7120. JSTOR 20040643.
  9. ^ Oyediran, Oyeleye. (1988). Essays on local government and administration in Nigeria. Project Publications. OCLC 18530652.
  10. ^ Transition without end : Nigerian politics and civil society under Babangida. Diamond, Larry Jay., Kirk-Greene, A. H. M. (Anthony Hamilton Millard), Oyediran, Oyeleye. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 1997. ISBN 1-55587-591-2. OCLC 36705789.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. ^ Nigeria : politics of transition and governance, 1986-1996. Oyediran, Oyeleye., Agbaje, Adigun A. B., 1957-, Codesria. Dakar, Senegal: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. 1999. ISBN 2-86978-071-0. OCLC 47209003.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. ^ Nigerian government and politics under military rule, 1966-79. Oyediran, Oyeleye. London: Macmillan. 1979. ISBN 0-333-26897-0. OCLC 5919509.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ^ Survey of Nigerian affairs, 1976-1977. Oyediran, Oyeleye. Lagos: Published by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in co-operation with Macmillan Nigeria Publishers. 1981. ISBN 978-2276-41-3. OCLC 9309985.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  14. ^ Oyediran, Oyeleye; Agbaje, Adigun (1991). "Two-Partyism and Democratic Transition in Nigeria". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 29 (2): 213–235. doi:10.1017/s0022278x0000272x. ISSN 0022-278X. S2CID 154729480.