Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The ECOWAS : history and achievements -- Discourses on globalization -- The ECOWAS since 1990 : structural changes in political institutions -- The question of democracy in West African politics -- A survey of democracy in West Africa through behavioral interactions -- Roadmaps to the consolidation of democracy -- Pan-West Africanism : the challenges of the ECOWAS.