Oil and insurgency in the Niger Delta : managing the complex politics of petro-violence / edited by Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Obi, Cyril, editor.

Rustad, Siri Aas, editor.

Series:

Africa now (Zed Books)

Africa now

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Petroleum industry and trade.

Insurgency--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Insurgency.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns. Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta analyses the dynamics of the violence, focusing on the ways in which oil and Nigerian politics have morphed poorly coordinated, non-violent protests into a pan-Delta insurgency. Approaching the issue from a number of perspectives, the book offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of the varied dimensions of the conflict.

Contents:

pt. 1. Causes of conflict, state (in)capacities. The Nigerian state, oil and the Niger Delta crisis / Ukoha Ukiwo

Capacity and governance deficits in the response to the Niger Delta crisis / Babatunde A. Ahonsi

The struggle for resource control and violence in the Niger Delta / Rhuks Ako

The Niger Delta crisis and the question of access to justice / Engobo Emeseh

The Ijaw National Congress and conflict resolution in the Niger Delta / Ibaba Samuel Ibaba

Changing the paradigm of pacification : oil and militarization in Nigeria's Delta region / Charles Ukeje

Nigeria's oil diplomacy and the management of the Niger Delta crisis / Kayode Soremekun

pt. 2. Conflict actors' dynamics. 'Mend me' : the movement for the emancipation of the Niger Delta and the empowerment of violence / Morten Bøås

Popular and criminal violence as instruments of struggle in the Niger Delta region / Augustine Ikelegbe

Swamped with weapons : the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in the Niger Delta / Nils Duquet

Women's protests in the Niger Delta region / Oluwatoyin Oluwaniyi

pt. 3. Oil MNCs' response(s). Corporate social responsibility and the Niger Delta conflict : issues and prospects / Uwafiokun Idemudia

Labelling oil, contesting governance : Legaloil.com, the GMoU and profiteering in the Niger Delta / Anna Zalik

Conclusion : amnesty and post-amnesty peace, is the window of opportunity closing for the Niger Delta? / Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-244) and index.

ISBN:

9786613070999

9781350221598

1350221597

9781848138100

1848138105

9781283070997

1283070995

9781848138094

1848138091

OCLC:

715273633