Contesting the Nigerian State

1. Contesting the Nigerian State: Civil Society and the Contradictions of Self-Organization—Introduction, Concepts, and Questions
Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome

2. Civil Society and the Challenges of Development and Nation Building in the Postcolonial African State
Ademola Araoye

3. State Failure and the Contradictions of the Public Sphere, 1995–2005
Ayo Olukotun

4. Mobilizing for Change: The Press and the Struggle for Citizenship in Democratic Nigeria
Wale Adebanwi

5. Gendered States: Women’s Civil Society Activism in Nigerian Politics
Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome

6. Feminist Civil Society Organizations and Democratization in Nigeria
Funmi Soetan

7. Women’s Associational Life within Traditional Institutions in YorÙbÁ States
Fatai A. Olasupo

8. Sexual Struggles and Democracy Dividends
Ebenezer Obadare

9. Politics in A Sub-Formal Economic Setting: Workplace Investment Cooperatives in Southwestern Nigeria, c. 1986–2011
Olufẹmi A. Akinọla

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political Science, African Politics, Political Sociology, Development Policy, Political Economy, Political Communication