TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE                                                                                                                              PAGE

Title page                                                                                                                              i

Certification                                                                                                                                    ii

Dedication                                                                                                                           iii

Acknowledgement                                                                                                             iv

Table of content                                                                                                                  vii

List of Tables                                                                                                                       x

Abstract                                                                                                                                xii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1       Background to the study                                                                                      1

1.2       Statement of Research problem                                                                         6

1.3       Objectives of study                                                                                                10

1.4       Statement of Hypotheses                                                                                     10

1.5       Significance of study                                                                                             12

1.6       Scope and limitations                                                                                           13

1.7       Definition of terms                                                                                                14

References                                                                                                                            16       

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW/THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 

2.1       Political parties as building blocks of Electoral politics                               19

2.2     Variety in origins and development of political parties.                               22

2.3       Party origins and development in established western

Democracies                                                                                                            23

2.4       Party origins and development in the developing world                            26

2.5       Historical Background of Nigerian political parties                                     27       

2.6       Theoretical Framework                                                                                        32

2.7       Theoretical explanations of party and party system development          33       

References                                                                                                                            40       

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1       Research Design                                                                                                     46

3.2       Population of study                                                                                               46

3.3       Sample size/Sampling technique                                                                       47

3.4       Research Instrument: Questionnaire/ Interview                                           48

3.5       Validity and Reliability of instruments                                                            49

3.6     Sources of Data                                                                               49

3.7       Techniques of data analysis                                                                                49       

References                                                                                                                            51

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND

 INTERPRETATION

4.1       Introduction                                                                                                            52

4.2       Data presentation                                                                                                  52

4.3       Test of Hypotheses                                                                                     68       

4.4     Interview Analysis                                                                         77

References                                                                                                                            81

CHAPTER FIVE: FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION

5.1       Introduction                                                                                                            82

5.2       Summary and Discussions of findings                                                             82       

5.3       Recommendations                                                                                                 87

5.4       Conclusions                                                                                                             89

References                                                                                                                            90

Bibliography                                                                                                                        91

Appendix A: Questionnaires                                                                                           100

Appendix B:  Interview Schedule (Guide)                                                                   104    

Appendix C:  List of Political Parties                                                                            107    

Appendix D:  Statistical                                                                                                   111

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