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Horror in paradise : frameworks for understanding the crises of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria / edited by Christopher LaMonica and J. Shola Omotola.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LaMonica, Christopher.
- Series:
- Carolina Academic Press African world series
- African world series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human security--Nigeria--Niger River Delta Region.
- Human security.
- Peace-building.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Civil society.
- Environmental justice.
- Resource allocation.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Corrupt practices.
- Niger River Delta Region (Nigeria)--Social conditions.
- Niger River Delta Region (Nigeria).
- Niger River Delta Region (Nigeria)--Economic conditions.
- Niger River Delta Region (Nigeria)--Government policy.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Corrupt practices--Nigeria--Nile River Delta Region.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Resource allocation--Nigeria--Niger River Delta Region.
- Environmental justice--Nigeria--Niger River Delta Region.
- Civil society--Nigeria--Niger River Delta Region.
- Ethnic conflict--Nigeria--Niger River Delta Region.
- Peace-building--Nigeria--Niger River Delta Region.
- Nigeria.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Why the Niger Delta region of Nigeria matters / Christopher LaMonica, J. Shola Omotola
- Oil and cultural crisis: the case of the Niger Delta / S.O. Aghalino
- Women and the Niger Delta question / J. Shola Omotola
- Environmental justice, democracy, and the inevitability of cultural change in Nigeria : a critical analysis of the Niger Delta dilemma / Kelly Bryan Ovie Ejumudo
- Minorities and resource allocation in a transitional state : the Nigeria experience / Ekanade Olumide
- Notes from the field : challenges to democratic elections in Nigeria / Mourtada Deme and Bodunrin Adebo
- The role of leadership in promoting successful dialogue in a fragile state : contextualizing the Yar'adua-Jonathan administration in the Niger Delta / Uzoechi Nwagbara
- 'Agony in the garden' : incongruity of governance and the travails of Port Harcourt City, Niger Delta, Nigeria, 1912-2010 / Akachi Odoemene
- Charting pathways to development in the riverine areas of the Niger Delta region / O.J. Offiong and Jude Cocodia
- Moving beyond ideological approaches to the crises of the Niger Delta / Christopher LaMonica
- From operation law and order to operation restore hope : human security crisis in the Niger Delta / Lere Amusan
- Re-framing the public sphere through community-based resistance : the role of the media and civil society in a fragile state / Uzoechi Nwagbara
- Small arms and light weapons (SAlW) proliferation and instability in the Niger Delta : an analysis of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) process / George I.J. Obuoforibo
- Armed militancy in the Niger Delta : quintessential play-off of sub-regional economic disparities / Franklins A. Sanubi
- The amnesty programme and the future of the Niger Delta: an overview of the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) strategy for sustainable peace / Atare Otite and Nathaniel Umukoro
- Amnesty and peace-building in the Niger Delta : addressing the frustration-aggression trap / Ibaba Samuel Ibaba
- The Niger Delta Amnesty Programme : what manner of peace deal? / Akachi Odoemene
- Why "new civilizing arrangements" are required for the restoration of paradise / Christopher LaMonica, J. Shola Omotola.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611633559
- 1611633559
- OCLC:
- 828056164
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