Part I * Introduction: Conceptualizing Political Legitimacy * Continuities in Delegitimation: Post Colonial Tyranny and Anarchy (1962-1986) * Part II * Reconstructing the State: Challenges of Legitimacy and Power Consolidation * Institutional Change and Democratization * Political Legitimacy Threatened: The Return of Presidentialism * Convergence Not Fundamental Change * Conclusion
Part I * Introduction: Conceptualizing Political Legitimacy * Continuities in Delegitimation: Post Colonial Tyranny and Anarchy (1962-1986) * Part II * Reconstructing the State: Challenges of Legitimacy and Power Consolidation * Institutional Change and Democratization * Political Legitimacy Threatened: The Return of Presidentialism * Convergence Not Fundamental Change * Conclusion