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Movements·nigeria_shagari_second_republic_1979_1983

Shagari Second Republic — oil-bust fiscal crisis, austerity, coup end

NGA·1979 – 1983·National Party of Nigeria (NPN) — northern-led broad coalition
Leaders: Shehu Shagari (President 1979-1983) · Alex Ekwueme (Vice President) · Chief Sunday Essang (Finance Minister 1982-1983)
positionsmarxist_leninistdevelopmentalismaustrianmarket_socialistordoliberalchicago_monetarisminstitutionalismclassical_liberalempirical_pragmatistnew_keynesiansocial_democratic

Doctrine — stated goals and content

Shagari's NPN government ruled Nigeria's Second Republic under the 1979 US-style presidential constitution. Economic school: statist-developmentalist inheriting the Fourth National Development Plan (1981-85) calibrated on assumed $30+ oil — oil-price collapse 1981-82 produced current-account crisis, arrears to foreign contractors, and the April 1982 Economic Stabilization Act (import licensing, tariffs, expatriate labour restrictions) — a defensive rather than adjustment programme. Left-right axis: centre-right democratic politically; statist-nationalist economically with ethnic-regional patronage networks producing endemic corruption (Rice Deal scandals). Popularity / legitimacy: 1979 election Shagari won with plurality (controversial '2/3 of 19 states' ruling); August 1983 election re-elected him amid mass irregularities — the election fraud plus fiscal collapse triggered Buhari's December 31 1983 coup. Coherence: low — the 1979 constitution, four-year plan, and oil-price assumption all collapsed simultaneously; defensive 1982 Act failed to restore external balance.

Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes

↓
trade openness
regulatory.trade_openness
Trade policy openness — tariffs, non-tariff barriers, FTAs, industrial protection.
decreased · moderate
more protectionist
1982 Economic Stabilization Act imposed import licensing and tariffs in defensive posture.
↓
spending level
fiscal.spending_level
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
decreased · moderate
lower spending share
Forced spending cuts as oil revenue collapsed; arrears and debt accumulation.
↑
monetary expansion direction
monetary.monetary_expansion_direction
Direction of monetary-base expansion decisions relative to trend. Separate from fiscal.transfer_expansion even when correlated.
increased · moderate
expansionary (balance sheet, rates lower than Taylor)
Deficit monetisation sustained inflation 20%+ through 1982-83.
↓
rule of law
institutional.rule_of_law
Rule of law as institutional substrate — contract enforcement, judicial independence, equal treatment before the law. Upstream of most other axes.
decreased · moderate
weaker rule of law
1983 elections widely considered fraudulent; coup 31 December 1983.

Policies enacted

Schools of thought aligned or opposed

aligned
marxist_leninist
derived: score=+0.56, overlap=4 axes vs marxist_leninist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
developmentalism
derived: score=-0.67, overlap=4 axes vs developmentalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
austrian
derived: score=-0.23, overlap=4 axes vs austrian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
market_socialist
derived: score=-0.21, overlap=4 axes vs market_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
ordoliberal
derived: score=-0.42, overlap=4 axes vs ordoliberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
chicago_monetarism
derived: score=-0.46, overlap=4 axes vs chicago_monetarism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
institutionalism
derived: score=-0.80, overlap=4 axes vs institutionalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
classical_liberal
derived: score=-0.54, overlap=4 axes vs classical_liberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
empirical_pragmatist
derived: score=-0.87, overlap=4 axes vs empirical_pragmatist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
new_keynesian
derived: score=-0.46, overlap=4 axes vs new_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
social_democratic
derived: score=-0.97, overlap=4 axes vs social_democratic profile (mechanical backfill v1)

References

Notes

Shagari ousted by Buhari coup 31 December 1983.