This new volume provides up-to-date studies of nine states, including Chad, Burkina Faso and Cameroon, and introduces contemporary theories of West African politics.

This new volume--appearing a decade after the successful 'West African States: Failure and Promise'--provides up-to-date studies of nine states, including Chad, Burkina Faso and Cameroon, which were neglected in the earlier volume, and introduces contemporary theories of West African politics.