Crafting the New Nigeria: Confronting the Challenges

"Provides a rich, timely, and indispensable understanding of the political and economic systems in Nigeria today."
—Princeton N. Lyman, Council on Foreign Relations

Contents

• Troubled Nigeria: Great Opportunities, Tough Challenges—R.I. Rotberg.
• Unity with Diversity: Toward Democratic Federalism—J.N. Paden.
• Unity or Regionalism: The Nationalities Question—R.L. Sklar.
• Democratizing Nigeria's Federal Experiment—R.T. Suberu.
• Reordering Nigerian Federalism: Making It More Confederal—I.E. Sagay.
• Getting the Politics Right: Governance and Economic Failure in Nigeria—P.M. Lewis.
• Nigeria as an Economic Powerhouse: Can It Be Achieved?—P. Utomi.
• The 2003 Elections: Hardly Credible, But Acceptable—D. Kew.
• Principal Human Rights Challenges—B. Manby.
• HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: The Challenges of a National Epidemic—D.J. Smith.
• The Roots of Sectarian Violence and its Cure—W. Reno.
• Needed: Better Leadership—M.M. Tukur.