1974 Emmanuel de Kadt and G. Williams, eds. Sociology and Development, Tavistock, London, pp. 109-140. ISBN 422 7433 0/ 7574 0.

1976 G. Williams, ed. Nigeria: Economy and Society, ed. Rex Collings. ISBN 0 8603 6015 6.

1980 G. Williams, State and Society in Nigeria. Afrografika Books. ISBN 9 7822 4104 0.

2004 G. Williams, ed. Democracy, Labour and Politics in Africa and Asia: Essays Presented to Björn Beckman, ed.,Centre for Research and Documentation, Kano. ISBN 978-34827-2-6

1970 The social stratification of a neo-colonial economy: Western Nigeria. In African Perspectives, ed. C.H. Allen and R.W. Johnson, Cambridge UP, pp. 225-250. ISBN 0 5210 7498 0.

1974 Political consciousness among the Ibadan poor. In Sociology and Development, ed. Emmanuel de Kadt and G. Williams, pp. 109-140.

And in G. Williams, State and Society in Nigeria, 1980, pp. 110-134.

1976 Nigeria: a political economy. In Nigeria: Economy and Society, pp. 11-54. And in

State and Society in Nigeria, 1980, pp. 22-67.

1976 There is no theory of petit bourgeois politics. Debate. Review of African Political Economy, 6, 84-89. ISSN 0305-6344

1977 Gavin Williams and Terisa Turner. Nigeria. In West African States: Failure and Promise, ed. John Dunn, Cambridge University Press, pp. 132-172. ISBN 0 5212 1801; 2/ 29283 2. And in

State and Society in Nigeria, 1980, pp. 68-109.

1978 Capitalism, class and underdevelopment – review article. Journal of Conmmonwealth and Comparative Politics XVI, 2, 212-221. ISSN 0306-0631

1978 The ‘intermediate regime’ and industrialization prospects: a comment. Development and Change 9, 655-660. ISSN 1467-7660

1982 The Nigerian Civil War. St Peter’s College, Oxford. pdf (with Reconsidering the Nigerian Civil War, 2007.) | Download PDF

1983 The Nigerian Civil War (with M. Kiloh and J. Wilmer). Open University Case Study, Milton Keynes, 44 pp. ISBN 0-3351-0248-4

1987 Namibia: writing for liberation. Review of African Political Economy, Sheffield, ISBN 0 9407083 – 1 – 3.

1987 Gavin Williams and Piotr Dutkiewicz, ‘All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty-Dumpty together again’ (with Piotr Dutkiewicz) Bulletin. Institute of Development Studies 19, 3, 1-6. ISSN

1987 Gavin Williams and Piotr Dutkiewicz, ‘All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty-Dumpty together Bulletin. Institute of Development Studies 19, 3, 1-6. ISSN 1759-5436.

1993 The Origins and Outcome of a Civil War, Indicator SA, 11, 2,  pp. 68-72. ISSN 0259-188X.

1994 Why structural adjustment is necessary and why it doesn’t work. Review Of African Political Economy 1994, 60  214-225 ROAPE

1999 Shehu Othman and Gavin Williamsx, Power, politics and democracy in Nigeria In Jon Hyslop, ed., African Democracy in the Era of Globalisation, Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg, pp.15-71. ISBN 1-8681-4331-7.

2003 Fragments of Democracy. Nationalism, Development and the State in Africa. Lecture in memory of Sam Nolutshungu (2002). Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, ISBN 0-7969-2026-5 ISSN 1726-0175 http://hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=1973&freedownload=1

2004 Political economies, democratic citizenship and African studies. Review of African Political Economy, Debate 102, pp. 567-579. ISSN 0305-6244 | Download PDF

2004 Classes, states and democratic politics in Ghana and Nigeria: A Critical Appreciation of the Work of Bjorn Beckman. And List of Publications. In Democracy, Labour and Politics. ed. Gavin Williams, Centre for Research and Documentation, Kano. pp. 281-285. ISBN 978-34827-2-6 | Download PDF

2012 Nationalism. Nations and States. Concluding Reflections. In Eric Morier-Genoud, ed. Sure Road: Nationalisms, Nations, in Angola, Guiné-Bissau and Mozambique. African Social Studies Series. Vol. 28. Leiden – Boston. pp. 231-252. ISBN 978-90-84 2261 8 / 2(paperback and e-book) ISSN 1568-1203