edited by Femi Omotoso (Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria), Michael Kehinde (Lead, Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, Toronto)
1. Democratic governance and political participation : introduction to the issues / Femi Omotoso -- Part one. Conceptual Issues -- 2. Democratic governance, public policy process and political participation In Nigeria's Fourth Republic / A. Agagu -- 3. Leadership personality and democratic governance in Nigeria : a case study of Olusegun Obasanjo / Steve Itugbu -- 4. The media, public opinion and democratic governance in Nigeria / S. T. Akindele -- 5. Grassroots' governance and crisis of autonomy 1999-2014 / Isaac Oladeji -- Part two. Party politics and political competition -- 6. Political parties and political competition in Nigeria / Ikeji Arakeji -- 7. The 2003 general elections / Bamgbose J. Adele -- 8. The Nigeria 2007 general elections / 9. Election and the challenges of democratic consolidation in Nigeria : an appraisal of 2011 general elections / Alfa Patrick Innocent -- Part three. Issues of governance -- 10. Goals and failures of anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria / Declan Amaraegbu -- 11. Politics of privatisation of national assets / T.O. Asaolu -- 12. Labour relations and collective bargaining in Nigeria 1999-2013 / O. S. Elegbeleye -- 13. Religion in democratic Nigeria : a Janus-faced phenomenon / Segun Oshewolo -- 14. The politics of Islamic banking in Nigeria / Michael Kehinde -- 15. Democracy and terrorism : the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria / Agaptus Nwozor -- 16. Democracy and ethnic militancy in Nigeria / Ola Abegunde -- 17. security of life and property : armed robbery and kidnapping in Nigeria / Isaac Olayide Oladeji -- 18. The state of human rights in the Nigerian Fourth Republic / Lere Amusan -- Part four. Institutional framework -- 19. The Nigerian senate 1999-2013 / Oluwakemi Shade Babatunde -- 20. An assessment of the civil service and democratic governance in Nigeria's Fourth Republic, 1999-2014 / Felix Olanrewaju Awosika -- 21. Women and the politics of representation in Nigeria's democratic governance : an analysis of the legislative elections from 1999 to 2011 / O. Oluwatoyin -- Part five. Foreign policy -- 22. Nigeria's foreign relations : an assessment of the Bakassi Peninsula crisis and resolution / Ajinde Oluwashakin