Foreword: Democratization and Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Successes and Challenges
Nigeria's Fourth Republic: An Introduction
PART I. Democracy and the Nigerian State
1. Reconstructions, Resilience and Relevance: Political Elites and Ethnic Mobilization, 1999-2019
2. Federalism, Constitutional Reform, and the Elusive Quest for 'Political Restructuring' in Nigeria
3. Democracy in Nigeria: Crises and Consequences of Military Dictatorship

PART II. Party Politics, the Presidency, and the International Community
4. Democratic Regression, Political Parties, and the Negation of the Popularity Principle
5. A Republic of Dashed Hopes? Party Politics and the Travails of Democracy in Nigeria's Fourth Re
6. Governing Party Constituency Building in Nigeria's Fourth Republic
7. Presidential Leadership Styles in the Fourth Republic
8. Double Standards or Different Lenses? Comparing US Approaches to the Buhari and Abacha Governmen
PART III. The Political Economy: Oil and Economic Reforms

9. We Live in the Future: Is Nigeria No Longer an Oil State?
10. Economic Reforms and Human Development in Post-Military Nigeria: A Critical Assessment
PART IV. Electoral Governance, Civil-Political Society, and Conflict
11. The Promise and Problems of Electoral Reforms
12. From a Human Rights Movement to Civil Society: Changing Contours of Civic Groups
13. Communal Conflicts, State Responses, and Local Peace Infrastructure
Afterword: Nigeria's Long Search for a Viable Political Order
Bibliography
Index