Inventory of the Larry Jay Diamond clippings collection

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

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Title: Larry Jay Diamond clippings collection

Date (inclusive): 1978-2004

Collection Number: 2002C79

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 11 manuscript boxes (4.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Relates to political, social and economic conditions in Nigeria.

source: Diamond, Larry Jay

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2002.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Larry Jay Diamond clippings collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, where he directs the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. He is the founding co-editor of the Journal of Democracy and serves as senior consultant at the International Forum for Democratic Studies of the National Endowment for Democracy. With Abbas Milani, he coordinates the Hoover Institution Project on Democracy in Iran. His research focuses on comparative trends in the stability of democracy in developing countries and post communist states and on US foreign policy. At Stanford University, he is a professor by courtesy of political science and sociology.

Diamond has edited or co-edited more than 30 books on democracy, including the recent titles How People View Democracy, How East Asians View Democracy, Latin America's Struggle for Democracy, Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan, and Assessing the Quality of Democracy . Among his other published works are, Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation (1999), Promoting Democracy in the 1990s (1995), and Class, Ethnicity, and Democracy in Nigeria (1989).

Source: http://www.stanford.edu/~ldiamond/

Scope and Content of Collection

Acquired in 2002, the Larry Jay Diamond collection in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives includes clippings, correspondence, writings, conference proceedings, and printed matter relating to political, social and economic conditions before, during, and after Presidential elections in Nigeria in 1983.

Research materials in the papers pertain to Diamond's book Class, Ethnicity, and Democracy in Nigeria (1989). There are draft chapters of the book on the floppy disks.

The papers include materials relating to his teaching activities as a Fulbright visiting lecturer at Bayero University Kano (BUK), Nigeria, from 1982 to 1983, as well as conference proceedings of National United Power Convention (NUPC) in Baghdad in 2004.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Nigeria

Diamond, Larry Jay

Clippings on Nigerian politics 1978-1992

Scope and Contents note

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 1, folder 1

Agriculture 1979-1983

box 1, folder 2

Alhaji Moshood Abiola 1983

box 1, folder 3

Aliens control 1983

box 1, folder 4

Assessments of democracy in Nigeria 1983

box 1, folder 7-9

Campaign obstruction 1983

box 1, folder 5

Auto accidents 1990

box 1, folder 5

Biographies, profiles, and leaders 1982-1983

box 1, folder 6

Business and finance 1990

box 1, folder 10-12

Campaign pledges and speeches 1982-1983

box 1, folder 13

Census 1990

box 1, folder 14

Chief Emeka Ojukwu 1983

box 1, folder 15

Constitution as political structure 1983

box 2, folder 1-4

Corruption and accountability 1981-1992

box 2, folder 5

Cultural and social problems 1981-1983

box 2, folder 6

Development of class structure 1981-1983

box 2, folder 7

Drug trade, international 1990

box 2, folder 8-10

Economic development 1982-1983

box 2, folder 11

Education 1990

box 2, folder 12

Election prospects 1982-1983

box 2, folder 13-14

Electoral administration, Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO) 1982-1983

box 3, folder 1-2

Ethnics 1982-1983

box 3, folder 3

Ethnicity 1990

box 3, folder 4

External debt 1990

box 3, folder 5

First Lady of Nigeria, Better Life Fair 1990

box 3, folder 6-7

Foreign affairs 1983

box 3, folder 8

Human rights; justice 1990

box 3, folder 9

Igbos and politics 1983

box 3, folder 10

International business 1990

box 3, folder 11

International drug trade 1990

box 3, folder 12

Interviews with leaders 1983

box 3, folder 13

Islam 1983

box 3, folder 14

Judiciary 1983-1984

box 3, folder 15

Labor trade unions 1983

box 3, folder 16

Languages, official and spoken 1990

box 3, folder 17

Law: judiciary 1990

box 3, folder 18

Legitimacy 1982-1983

box 3, folder 19-20

Local government 1983-1990

box 4, folder 1-6

Magazine articles 1982-1983

box 4, folder 7-9

Military and police 1990

box 4, folder 10

National Assembly 1982-1983

box 5, folder 1-3

New states 1981-1983

box 5, folder 4-7

Nigeria in African press 1985-1987

box 5, folder 8-9

Nigeria in the U.S. press 1978-1983

box 5, folder 10-11

Nigerian External Telecommunications (NET) fire incident 1983

box 5, folder 12

Nigerian political history 1982-1983

Nigerian political parties 1981-1983

box 5, folder 13

Progressive Parties Alliance (PPA) 1982-1983

box 6, folder 1-7

National Party of Nigeria (NPN) 1982-1983

box 6, folder 8-12

Nigerian People's Party (NPP) 1981-1983

box 6, folder 13

Great Nigeria People's Party (GNPP) 1981-1983

box 6, folder 14-15

People's Redemption Party (PRP) 1982-1983

box 6, folder 16

Nigeria Advance Party (NAP) 1981-1983

box 6, folder 17

Party decamping 1983

box 7, folder 1-2

Oil and gas, The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 1983-1990

box 7, folder 3

Olusegun Obasanjo controversy 1990

box 7, folder 4-5

Opinions on present and future 1990

box 7, folder 6-7

People, class; pictures and cartoons 1990

box 7, folder 8-9

Police election 1983

box 7, folder 10

Political culture 1982-1983

box 7, folder 11

Political opinions 1982-1983

box 7, folder 12

Political transition problem 1990

box 7, folder 13-15

Politics, parties and politicians 1982-1991

box 7, folder 16

Political violence 1983

box 7, folder 17

Politics and police 1981-1983

box 7, folder 18-19

Press and media 1982-1983

box 7, folder 20

Radical opinions and analyses 1982-1983

box 7, folder 21

Religion 1990

box 8, folder 1

Religion and politics 1982-1983

box 8, folder 2

Religious violence 1982-1983

Sociology of the election campaign 1979-1983

box 8, folder 3

Agricultural and rural development 1979-1982

box 8, folder 4-5

Conduct of election 1983

box 8, folder 6

Education, literacy campaign 1982-1983

box 8, folder 7

Election analyses 1983

box 8, folder 8

Election assessment 1983

box 8, folder 9-10

Election disputes 1983

box 8, folder 11

Election malpractices 1983

box 8, folder 12

Election pledges 1983

box 8, folder 13

Election prospects and expectations 1983

box 9, folder 1

Election results 1983

box 9, folder 2

Election tone 1983

box 9, folder 3

Election violence 1983

box 9, folder 4-6

Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO) 1982-1983

box 9, folder 7

Gubernatorial election 1983

box 9, folder 8

Future of democracy 1983

box 9, folder 9

Legitimacy 1983

box 9, folder 10

Police election 1983

box 9, folder 11

President Shehu Shagari second term 1983

box 9, folder 12

Voters registration 1983

box 9, folder 13

Women's role in national development 1981-1983

States government political development 1981-1983

box 10, folder 1

Anambra 1981-1983

box 10, folder 2

Bauchi 1981-1983

box 10, folder 3

Bendel 1983

box 10, folder 4

Benue 1982-1983

box 10, folder 5

Borno 1982-1983

box 10, folder 6

Cross River 1983

box 10, folder 7

Gongola 1981-1983

box 10, folder 8

Imo 1981-1983

box 10, folder 9

Kaduna 1983

box 10, folder 10

Kano 1983

box 10, folder 11

Kwara 1982-1983

box 10, folder 12

Lagos 1981-1983

box 10, folder 13

Niger 1983

box 10, folder 14

Ogun 1982-1983

box 10, folder 15

Ondo 1982-1983

box 11, folder 1

Oyo 1982-1983

box 11, folder 2

Plateau 1982-1983

box 11, folder 3

Rivers 1981-1983

box 11, folder 4

Sokoto 1982-1983

box 11, folder 5

State of the Nation 1983

box 11, folder 6

Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP), implementations and effects, economic policies 1989-1990

box 11, folder 7

Students 1981-1990

box 11, folder 8

Teachers 1982-1983

box 11, folder 9

Trade unions 1990

box 11, folder 10-11

Traditional rulers 1983-1990

box 11, folder 12

Universities admission policies, bank loans 1989-1990

box 11, folder 13

Universities secret cults 1990

box 11, folder 14

Women?s health 1990

box 11, folder 15

World Bank loans 1990

Writings and activities file 1982-2004

Scope and Contents note

Consists of research notes, typescripts, materials related to teaching, and conference proceedings.

box 11, folder 16

Fulbright Visiting lecturer at Bayero University Kano (BUK), Kano State, Nigeria 1982-1983

Scope and Contents note

Consists of correspondence, curriculum vitae, notes, and clippings

box 11, folder 17

"For a Free and United Democratic Iraq," National United Power Convention (NUPC), Baghdad 2004

Scope and Contents note

Consists of posters, program, and other printed material in Arabic and English, and currency (dinars) issued by Central Bank of Iraq

box 11, folder 18

"Nigeria: Understanding the 1983 Elections," typescript 1983

box 11, folder 19

"Interview with Chief Obafemi Awolowo, National Leader of the Unity Party of Nigeria," 1983

box 11, folder 20-21

Notes 1983

box 11, folder 22

Six 5.25-inch floppy disks labeled book chapter drafts, correspondence, and research material circa 1987