Dr. Oyeleye Oyediran is a noted 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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ "Nigerian political scientists famous people". Famous Scientists. 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ a b "ABOUT THE AUTHOR".
- ^ "ECU University Archives - Faculty O". www.ecu.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ a b Former Senior Fellows - United States Institute of Peace United States Institute of Peace.
- ^ "Oyeleye Oyediran - InfoHub". infohub.xyz.ng. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Oyediran, Oyeleye. (1980). Nigerian legislative houses, which way?. University of Ibadan Consultancy Unit. OCLC 988194892.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Oyediran, Oyeleye. (1988). Essays on local government and administration in Nigeria. Project Publications. OCLC 18530652.
- ^ 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) - ^ 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) - ^ 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) - ^ 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) - ^ 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.