Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-xi

Notes on Contributors

pp xii-xvi

Acknowledgements

pp xvii-xvii

Chronology of the Fourth Republic

pp xviii-xxxiii

List of Abbreviations

pp xxxiv-xxxviii

Foreword: Democratization and Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Successes and Challenges

pp xxxix-liii

Nigeria's Fourth Republic: An Introduction

pp 1-32

PART I - Democracy and the Nigerian State

pp 33-34

1 - Reconstructions, Resilience and Relevance: Political Elites and Ethnic Mobilization, 1999–2019

pp 35-55

2 - Federalism, Constitutional Reform, and the Elusive Quest for ‘Political Restructuring’ in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

pp 56-84

3 - Democracy in Nigeria: Crises and Consequences of Military Dictatorship

pp 85-104

PART II - Party Politics, the Presidency, and the International Community

pp 105-106

4 - Democratic Regression, Political Parties, and the Negation of the Popularity Principle

pp 107-128

5 - A Republic of Dashed Hopes? Party Politics and the Travails of Democracy in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

pp 129-148

6 - Governing Party Constituency Building in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

pp 149-167

7 - Presidential Leadership Styles in the Fourth Republic

pp 168-191

8 - Double Standards or Different Lenses? Comparing US Approaches to the Buhari and Abacha Governments

pp 192-212

PART III - The Political Economy: Oil and Economic Reforms

pp 213-214

9 - We Live in the Future: Is Nigeria No Longer an Oil State?

pp 215-241

10 - Economic Reforms and Human Development in Post-Military Nigeria: A Critical Assessment

pp 242-270

PART IV - Electoral Governance, Civil-Political Society, and Conflict

pp 271-272

11 - The Promise and Problems of Electoral Reforms

pp 273-293

12 - From a Human Rights Movement to Civil Society: Changing Contours of Civic Groups

pp 294-312

13 - Communal Conflicts, State Responses, and Local Peace Infrastructure

pp 313-326

Afterword: Nigeria's Long Search for a Viable Political Order

pp 327-340

Bibliography

pp 341-396

Index

pp 397-411