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Bakare Adebola Rafiu

University of Ilorin

https://researchid.co/bakare.ar
@unilorin.edu.ng
10Scopus Publications
246Google Scholar Citations
9Google Scholar h-index
9Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Comparative Politics, Legislative Studies

Biography

Dr. Bakare, Adebola Rafiu teaches in the Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He specializes in Comparative Politics. His major research interest is in legislative studies. Other areas of interest include political institutions, security studies, and elections. He has developed a model for legislative assessment which is suitable for assessing lawmaking effectiveness. His sole authorship book titled: National Assembly and Legislative Effectiveness in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic was just published by Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. He has published in several reputable national and international journals and has contributed chapters in edited books. He is a member of several professional bodies including the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), the Nigerian Society of International Affairs (NSIA), the Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Diplomacy and Management (CIPDM), among others.

Education

PhD in Political Science

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Comparing the Two Sides of the Same Coin: Interrogating the Legislative Output of Senate and House of Representatives in Nigeria's Fourth Republic
    African Review Tanzania, 2025
  2. National assembly and legislative effectiveness in Nigeria's Fourth Republic
    National Assembly and Legislative Effectiveness in Nigeria S Fourth Republic, 2023
  3. Legislature and the Challenges of Lawmaking in Nigeria
    Anonymous Power Parties Interest Groups and Politics of Decision Making in Nigerias Fourth Republic Essays in Honour of Elochukwu Amucheazi, 2022
  4. Evaluating the Nigerian National Assembly’s Lawmaking Output and the Implications for Legislative Effectiveness
    Two Decades of Legislative Politics and Governance in Nigerias National Assembly Issues Achievements Challenges and Prospects, 2021
  5. Twenty Years of Legislative Politics and Governance in Nigeria: How Far, How Well?
    Two Decades of Legislative Politics and Governance in Nigerias National Assembly Issues Achievements Challenges and Prospects, 2021

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