Shell Petroleum Development Company, the state and underdevelopment of Nigeria's Niger Delta : a study in environmental degradation / Daniel A. Omoweh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Omoweh, Daniel A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria.

Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria--History.

International business enterprises--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

International business enterprises.

History.

Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy.

Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects.

Niger River Delta (Nigeria)--Economic conditions.

Niger River Delta (Nigeria).

Niger River Delta (Nigeria)--Environmental conditions.

Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Physical Description:

xvii, 300 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

State and underdevelopment of Nigeria's Niger Delta

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2005]

Contents:

Methodological context

Transnational corporations and underdevelopment of developing economies : a theoretical prospective

Oil transnational corporations and capitalist development in Nigeria

British rule and underdevelopment of the Niger Delta

Shell Petroleum Development Company in the economy of the Niger Delta

Shell, environmental degradation, and rural poverty in its host oil-producing areas in the Niger Delta

Shell, environmental pollution, culture and health of the Ughelli oil communities

Shell and rural land crisis in Isoko oil areas

Conclusion : towards the development of the Niger Delta.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-282) and index.

ISBN:

0865439834

0865439842

9780865439849

OCLC:

47989796