Breakdown and Reconstitution Democracy, The

Breakdown and Reconstitution analyzes the synergy between democratization, nation-state building, and ethnicity in Nigeria as well as the challenges of transforming a post-colonial multiethnic state into a stable democracy. This work draws attention to the intrinsic relation between the breakdown of quasi-democracy and the reconstitution of a more inclusive democracy and nation-state. Breakdown and Reconstitution is an essential source for scholars of politics in Africa.

Abu Bakarr Bah is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University.

Figures	vi
Tables	vii
Preface	ix
1 Introduction: Democracy, the Nation-State, and Ethnicity	1	(14)
2 The Genesis of Nigeria and the Elimination of the Common Enemy	15	(22)
3 Ethnicity and the Breakdown of Democracy and the Nation-State	37	(32)
4 Nation-State Building in Postcolonial Nigeria	69	(30)
5 Varieties of Institutional Designs in Postcolonial Nigeria	99	(38)
6 Conclusion: The Breakdown and Reconstitution of Democracy in a Postcolonial Multiethnic Nation-State	137	(12)
Appendix	149	(32)
Bibliography	181	(8)
Index	189	(10)
About the Author	199

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Breakdown and Reconstitution Democracy, The Nation-State, and Ethnicity in Nigeria

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