Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-187) and index.
Contents
Introduction : democracy, the nation-state, and ethnicity -- The genesis of Nigeria and the elimination of the common enemy -- Ethnicity and the breakdown of democracy and the nation-state -- Nation-state building in postcolonial Nigeria -- Varieties of institutional designs in postcolonial Nigeria -- Conclusion : the breakdown and reconstitution of democracy in a postcolonial multiethnic nation-state.
