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.