This paper examines the impact of the neo-liberal globalisation of African economies on industrial performance in Nigeria. Evidence from the study indicates that, contrary to claims by the World Bank, the economic performance of firms in the manufacturing sector during the globalisation period in the study was adversely affected by the process. The study confirms the position that the globalisation project that aims at the structural economic transformation of modern capitalist relations in Africa is associated with a process of deindustrialisation. On the basis of conclusions from the study, the author highlights critical lessons for African countries-the need to be critical in the implementation of the IMF/World Bank open-economy, and the 'hands off' market-driven, noninterventionist development model premised on Adams Smith's 'invisible hand'. Résumé Cet article étudie l'impact de la mondialisation néo-libérale des économies africaines sur la production industrielle au Nigeria. Les preuves récoltées de cette étude indiquent que contrairement aux affirmations de la Banque Mondiale, les résultats économiques des entreprises du secteur manufacturier ont été sévèrement affectés par le processus de mondialisation. Cette étude confirme la thèse selon laquelle, le projet de mondialisation qui tente de procéder à une transformation économique structurelle des relations capitalistes modernes en Afrique, est associé à un processus de désindustrialisation. Sur la base des conclusions tirées de cette étude, l'auteur souligne les enseignements majeurs que doivent en tirer les pays africains : le besoin d'avoir une approche plus critique envers l'application de l'économie ouverte préconisée par la Banque Mondiale/ le FMI, envers le modèle de développement non interventionniste, orienté vers le marché, et basé sur le concept de « la main invisible » développé par Adam Smith.

This study examines adolescent sexual behaviour within the context of the home environment (urban low, medium and high residential density)

As sociology emerged from the womb of the industrial revolution in Europe and the challenges of the anomic socio-economic environment, the concern of its founding fathers naturally gravitated around Western ideologies and challenges. The modernization paradigm facilitated the hegemonic ascendancy of Western sociology in the South until the recent ideological impasse, when the South began to grope for fresh insights. Currently, attention is still being drawn to the sociological significance of emancipation from systemic inequality created by social structural variables in the development process globally but particularly in poorer countries. This study, therefore, draws from Professor Peter Ekeh’s “Colonialism and Social Structure” and his theoretical statement on the two public to highlight the consequences of uncritical engagement in the Periphery with the sociology of the Core, the importance of agency in post-imperialistic thinking in sociology, and the implications for repositioning sociologists in the South for the task of a more creative local engagement with globalizing ideologies that are integral to mainstream sociology in the North. The paper also highlights the roles of international, regional, and national associations such as the International Sociological Association (ISA), the African Sociological Association (AFSA), the Nigerian Sociological and Anthropological Association (NASA), and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) in setting the agenda.

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Urban development since the colonial period in Nigeria has led to a rural-urban migration pattern in the post-independent state. A return labour migration process with implications for rural development has, however, accompanied certain socio-economic and political events in Nigeria in the 1980s. This paper highlights some factors that have impaired the rural transformation prospects of the new migration trend.