Table of Contents :

Editorial: Preventing things from falling apart: Democracy and its Discontents in West Africa
Jideofor Adibe7

Democratic Theory and Democratic Rupture: ResourceCurse and Aid Dependency Perspectives on Africa
Francisco Kofi Olympio15


ECOWAS and Democratic Consolidation in West Africa: Praetorian Resurgence as a Failure of Democratic Process
Bamidele A Ojo33


ECOWAS and Democratic Reversals in West Africa
Augustine C. Ohanwe47


Transition to Democracy: The Challenges and Prospects ofMilitary Intervention in the Democratization of West African States
Chigozie Enwere63



Salau, A. Modibbo, Canice E, Erunke & Ruth Caleb Luka77


Military Interventions in French West Africa and EconomicCommunity of West African States
Ezeibe Christian Chukwuebuka95


ECOWAS and the Lessons from the recent coup in Mali
Jideofor Adibe109

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