Conflict management in Nigeria : issues and challenges / by Oshita O. Oshita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oshita, Oshita O.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management--Nigeria.

Conflict management.

Ethnology--Nigeria.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Conflict Management in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges, Dr. Oshita O. Oshita, one of the leading peace researchers in Nigeria, interrogates a number of cross-cutting issues and challenges that may be encountered in the process of engaging with conflict mitigation in Nigeria. He explores the complex issues involved just as he analyses the challenges arising from the political economy of conflict management in Nigeria from historical and contemporary perspectives. _____________ Dr. Oshita O. Oshita is the Director, Department of Research and Policy Analysis, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Abuja, Nigeria. He researched and taught Philosophy in different Nigerian Universities between 1987 and 1999, until he joined the IPCR in 2000. Between October 2002 and March 2004 he was at the University of Bradford, United Kingdom, as a Chevening Scholar in Peace and Conflict Studies. He is widely published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented Papers and facilitated Workshops in Africa, Europe and America.

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 2 UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT IN NIGERIA""; ""Chapter 3 VIOLENT CONFLICT AS A WEAPON OF (MASS) DISTRACTION""; ""Chapter 4 CONFLICT INTERVENTIONS IN NIGERIA""; ""Chapter 5 THE STRATEGIC CONFLICT ASSESSMENT (SCA) OF NIGERIA""; ""Chapter 6 SOME PERSPECTIVES ON CONFLICT INTERVENTIONS IN NIGERIA""; ""Chapter 7 BUILDING PEACE IN DIVERSITY""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY/ FURTHER READING""; ""APPENDICES""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781912234752

1912234750

OCLC:

755069893