Managing violent religious extremism in fragile states : building institutional capacity in Nigeria and Kenya / Abosede Omowumi Babatunde, Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, Shittu Raji, Jacinta Mwende Maweu and John Mwangi Githigaro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Babatunde, Abosede Omowumi, author.

Adedimeji, Mahfouz A., author.

Raji, Shittu, author.

Maweu, Jacinta Mwende, author.

Githigaro, John Mwangi, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

African governance ; 24.

African governance ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Nigeria--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Kenya--Prevention.

Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Religious militants--Nigeria.

Religious militants.

Religious militants--Kenya.

Islamic fundamentalism--Nigeria.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islamic fundamentalism--Kenya.

Internal security--Nigeria.

Internal security.

Internal security--Kenya.

Kenya.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Abosede Omowumi Babatunde is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. She earned a Master's and PhD degree in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is a former member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA). She is also a Chartered Mediator and member of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators of Nigeria. Mahfouz A. Adedimeji is a Professor of Pragmatics and Applied English Linguistics at the University of Ilorin, where he had served as Director of the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies. A former member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA), he currently serves as pioneer Vice Chancellor of Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State, Nigeria. Shittu Raji is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies (CPSS), University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Apart from being the Chairman, Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP) Kwara State chapter, he is a Chartered Mediator and member of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators of Nigeria. Jacinta Mwende Maweu is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Media Studies at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, where she researches and teaches in the areas of Social and Political Philosophy, Media and Conflict,Media and Democracy andMedia and Human Rights. She is a former member of the Governing Council of the International Peace and Research Association (IPRA) and currently a Co-convener of the Media, Conflicts and Peace Commission in IPRA. John Mwangi Githigaro is Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at St. Paul's University, Limuru, Kenya. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the United States International University (USIU-A), Nairobi, Kenya. He holds an MA in International Relations and a BA in Communication.

Contents:

Historicization of religious extremism in Africa

Conceptual clarification

Al-shabaab and Boko Haram movements in East and West Africa

The Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria

The threat of Al-shabaab extremist in Kenya

Institutional strategies to counter violent religious extremism in Nigeria and Kenya

African states and violent extremism

Religious ideology of terrorism in Africa

Youth radicalism and violent religious extremism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 28, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Babatunde, Abosede Omowumi. Managing violent religious extremism in fragile states

ISBN:

9781003004745

1003004741

9781000459500

1000459500

9781000459395

100045939X

Publisher Number:

40030883889

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