John A. Ayoade was a political science professor at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, where he taught until his retirement. Ayoade was a Fulbright scholar at Boston University and dean of University of Ibadan’s Faculty of the Social Sciences.Adeoye A. Akinsanya is a political science professor at the Tai Solarin University of Education in Nigeria. Akinsanya has received various fellowships from prestigious organizations, including the Ford Foundation, Fulbright, and the World Society Foundation.Olatunde JB Ojo is an international relations professor at the Osun State University, Osogbo. Until his retirement from university service in 2009, Ojo was chair of the Department of Political and Administrative Studies and dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Port Harcourt.

“It is a rich compendium of original and analytical research work by Nigerian scholars on contemporary Nigerian politics. For me, the book finally settles the debate whether the Nigerian State is dead or just dying.”

• List of Tables/Figure Preface Acknowledgments Introduction John A. A. Ayoade, Adeoye A. Akinsanya and Olatunde JB Ojo1. Jonathan’s Statecraft: A Case Study of Fuel Subsidy Controversy John A. A. Ayoade2. Jonathan’s Policy Shift Capacity and the International Ripples Babatunde Oyedeji3. Federal-State Relations Gboyega Akinsanmi4. Constitutional ReformsOlatunde JB. Ojo5. Executive-Legislative Relations Adeoye A. Akinsanya and Gbenga Lawal6. The Judiciary and the Rule of Law Elijah Adewale Taiwo and Muyiwa Adigun7. Jonathan and Management of National Security Abiodun Alao8. Ethnic Militias, Political Agitations and National Security Tunde Odunlami9. National Security Imperatives and Criminal Policy O. Aigbovo and Patrick E. Igbinovia10. Managing Ethno-Religious Conflicts in Nigeria Adeoye A. Akinsanya, Simon Wilson, Muhammed Tanimuand Gbenga Lawal11. Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Strategies and Techniques Bola Akinterinwa12. Electric Power Delivery and Management Strategies Wole Adegbenro13. Jonathan’s Party Management: PDP Crises in Bayelsa,Kogi and Sokoto States Emmanuel E. Ojo14. Jonathan’s Party Management: PDP National Convention Hussaini Tukur Hassan15. The Presidency and the Media Adigun Agbaje, Lanre Idowu, Adewale Agbajeand Adedamola Layade16. The Limit of Public Opinion in a LiberalParticipatory Democracy Jide OluwajuyitanConclusion John A. A. Ayoade, Adeoye A. Akinsanya and Olatunde JB OjoIndex About the Editors About the Contributors