Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Notes on Contributors xii
5. Acknowledgements xvii
6. Chronology of the Fourth Republic xviii
7. List of Abbreviations xxxiv
8. Foreword: Democratization and Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: Successes and Challenges xxxix
9. Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: An Introduction 1
10. PART I: Democracy and the Nigerian State
11. 1 Reconstructions, Resilience and Relevance: Political Elites and Ethnic Mobilization, 1999–2019 35
12. 2 Federalism, Constitutional Reform, and the Elusive Quest for ‘Political Restructuring’ in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic 56
13. 3 Democracy in Nigeria: Crises and Consequences of Military Dictatorship 85
14. PART II: Party Politics, the Presidency, and the International Community
15. 4 Democratic Regression, Political Parties, and the Negation of the Popularity Principle 107
16. 5 A Republic of Dashed Hopes? Party Politics and the Travails of Democracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic 129
17. 6 Governing Party Constituency Building in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic 149
18. 7 Presidential Leadership Styles in the Fourth Republic 168
19. 8 Double Standards or Different Lenses? Comparing US Approaches to the Buhari and Abacha Governments 192
20. PART III: The Political Economy: Oil and Economic Reforms
21. 9 We Live in the Future: Is Nigeria No Longer an Oil State? 215
22. 10 Economic Reforms and Human Development in Post-Military Nigeria: A Critical Assessment 242
23. PART IV: Electoral Governance, Civil-Political Society, and Conflict
24. 11 The Promise and Problems of Electoral Reforms 273
25. 12 From a Human Rights Movement to Civil Society: Changing Contours of Civic Groups 294
26. 13 Communal Conflicts, State Responses, and Local Peace Infrastructure 313
27. Afterword: Nigeria’s Long Search for a Viable Political Order 327
28. Bibliography 341
29. Index 397