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African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Volume 8 Number Number 2 6January, September 2014 2014 ISSN 19961993-08328233 ABOUT AJPSIR The African Journal of Political Science and International Relations (AJPSIR) is published monthly (one volume per year) by Academic Journals. African Journal of Political Science and International Relations (AJPSIR) is an open access journal that publishes rigorous theoretical reasoning and advanced empirical research in all areas of the subjects. We welcome articles or proposals from all perspectives and on all subjects pertaining to Africa, Africa's relationship to the world, public policy, international relations, comparative politics, political methodology, political theory, political history and culture, global political economy, strategy and environment. The journal will also address developments within the discipline. 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Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA, 19010-2899 African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Table of Contents: Volume 8 Number 6 September 2014 ences ARTICLES Review State-economy relations and survival of democratic governance in transiting societies: Lessons from South Korea 138 E.B.A. Agbaje Identity, centralization and resistance in Ethiopia: The case of Nuer and Anuak 155 Temesgen Gebeyehu Research Articles Corruption and development administration in Africa: Institutional approach 163 Luke Amadi* and Eme Ekekwe Vol. 8(6), pp. 138-154, September 2014 DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR2013.0647 Article Number: 248F5AF47012 African Journal of Political Science and ISSN 1996-0832 Copyright © 2014 International Relations Author(s) retain the copyright of this article http://www.academicjournals.org/AJPSIR Review State-economy relations and survival of democratic governance in transiting societies: Lessons from South Korea E.B.A. Agbaje Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Okuku Campus, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria. Received 26 September, 2013; Accepted 7 August, 2014 Rational men support institutions that best guarantee the attainment of their socioeconomic aspirations. Of all known political rationalizations, democracy, it is that best prides such. However, in certain climes, there are inhibitive factors defiling the success of democracy, much of which is located within the state-economy relations. With a state-economy relations and democratic governance model, this paper comparatively, examined the trajectories of development in transiting societies in Asia and sub-Sahara Africa. It unveils that much of the failure at ensuring sustenance of democratic governance across transiting societies, in this case Nigeria, as compared with South Korea, stem from the contradictions arising from the interface between the state and the economy. With the Korean insight, despite regional peculiarities, it insists that efforts at reprofiling the state to ensure sustenance of democratic order should be premised on appropriate framework that captures the various indexes and promotes mutually reinforcing positive synergy between the state and the economy. Key words: State, state-economy relations, democratic governance, transiting societies, Nigeria, South Korea, Africa and Asia. INTRODUCTION Marxian history of social development teaches that (Awolowo, 1978). To Osaghae (1994), the extent, there- rational men only support government that fulfills the fore, to which a political regime serves the interest of its conditions for their continued existence. Man, to subjects determines their preference for support or Samuelson (1980) is homoeconomicus (Ogunmodede, withdrawal. 1986). Economic interests and loyalty come first and Democracy, as of today, offers the greatest prospect permeate all his thoughts, outlooks, interests and despite the various charges of weakness. It is yet “the activities. His first loyalty, however veiled, is to his least objectionable” form of government (Appadorai, economic interest; and his second loyalty will be given to 1968). Quoting Cavour, Appadorai noted “things may be any or institution which serves to promote those interests bad today but they were worst yesterday… However E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Author agree that this article remain permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Agbaje 139 grave the indictment that may be brought against societies. democracy, its friends can answer ‘what better alternative do you offer” (Ibid). However, despite the global clamour for democracy (Fawole, 1994; Onovo, 1997; El-Baz, A REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2005; Anon, 2006), it is observed that there are inhibitive factors that have, and may still, condition its failure in Many of the problems inducing political and democratic certain political systems. instability in the less-developed countries can be traced Adopting comparative analysis, this paper examined to socioeconomic and developmental failure that is very the trajectory of socioeconomic and democratic develop- endemic in Africa (Zehender, 1990). Anstee (1990) in ment in sub-Saharan