Authors : S.M. Omodia and C.E. Erunke
Abstract: The need to institutionalize the culture of good governance in Nigeria informs the position of this study. Thus civil society becomes the available tool for the realization of this all important objective within the framework of any democratic governance. The study therefore attempts do an exposition of civil society organization vis-à-vis its transformatory roles as an arbiter to redeem the Nigerian society from total collapse. The study wades through a framework of analysis, civil society challenges, an historical review of civil society in Nigeria, structures, methods and effectiveness, respectively. The researcher also draws his final analysis by way of suggestion to the effect that civil society must remain an autonomous social entity for the survival of Nigeria�s nation state, the essence of which is to boost further research.
S.M. Omodia and C.E. Erunke , 2007. Civil Society and Democratic Consolidation in the Nigerian Fourth Republic: A Reappraisal . Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 4: 672-676.