Chapter 1: Introduction: General Background -- Chapter 2: A Conceptualisation of Political Parties -- Chapter 3: Evolution of Nigerian Political Parties -- Chapter 4: Types and Party Systems in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic -- Chapter 5: Characteristics of Nigerian Political Parties -- Chapter 6: Nigerian Political Parties and Ideology -- Chapter 7: Party Politics and Internal Crises -- Chapter 8: Nigerian Fourth Republic Parties and Opposition Politics -- Chapter 9: Nigerian Parties and Party Switching in the Fourth Republic -- Chapter 10: Political Party Financing in Nigeria -- Chapter 11: Political Parties and Civil Societies in Nigeria -- Chapter 12: Political Parties and Representation in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic -- Chapter 13: Political Parties and the Media -- Chapter 14: Nigerian Political Parties in the Fourth Republic and Comparative Perspectives: A Case of APC/PDP and Some Selected African Political Parties -- Chapter 15: Conclusion: The Need for Reform.

This book examines the changing dynamics of political parties in Nigeria's Fourth Republic. It is a comprehensively study of these parties' development, character and systems in relation to everything from ideology, funding and crises to leadership, civil society, traditional and social media, and electoral politics. The author shows that, while the organisation and institutionalisation of Nigerian political parties remain fragile, they have taken on a new form in the Fourth Republic. The book provides researchers, policymakers and students with insights into the development of Nigeria's politics in light of its colonial legacy and its struggle against the institutionalisation of strong political institutions for democratisation. Babayo Sule is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of International Relations at the Federal University of Kashere, Gombe State, Nigeria.