Introduction / Keith Panter-Brick -- [1. The military in office] -- Back to the barracks : a decade of marking time / Valerie P. Bennett and A.H.M. Kirk-Greene -- Soldiers, politicians and civil servants / Henry Bienen with Martin Fitton -- Army reorganization and military withdrawal / Ian Campbell -- Corrective government : military rule in perspective / Martin Dent -- [2. Political economy] -- Elements of the political economy / Douglas Rimmer -- Commercial capitalism and the 1975 coup / Terisa Turner -- [3. Federal reform] -- The creation of states / Ali D. Yahaya -- The politics of revenue allocation / S. Egite Oyovbaire -- [4. Local government reform] -- Introduction / Keith Panter-Brick -- A view From Ibadan / Alex E. Gboyega and Oyeleye Oyediran -- As seen in Kaduna / Abubakar Yaya Aliyu -- [5. Constitutional reform] The Constitution Drafting Committee / Keith Psnter-Brick