IRS 104: The Rise of Nation States

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

1. state the emergence of many new states following the UN declaration in support of self- determination;
2. explain the pre-occupation of new states with self-reliant economic development programmes to reduce dependence on developed nations;
3. appreciate the efforts of new states to engage in mutually beneficial trade relations with developed and developing nations;
4. analyse the creation of the colony of Lagos, and the northern protectorate and the southern protectorate by the British;
5. discuss the essence of amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914; and
6. outline the series of constitutional development that led to the granting of independence in 1960.

Course Contents

Emergence of many New States since the 1948 UN Declaration in support of self- determination. The disintegration of powerful empires and kingdoms in Africa and Asia. The emergence of New States. The pre-occupation of the New States with economic development programmes with intent to diversify their economies and lessen their dependence on the production of primary goods, and by extension their dependence on the industrialized nations. Engage in mutually beneficial trade relations with developed and developing nations to strengthen their economies as they grow.