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Nigeria's counter-terrorism strategy : constructions of threat, response and identity / Kodili Henry Chukwuma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chukwuma, Kodili Henry, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--Nigeria.
- Nationalism.
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Nigeria.
- Terrorism--Nigeria--Prevention.
- Nigeria.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "This book critically engages with Nigeria's counter-terrorism strategy as a means of identity construction. Drawing on a wealth of archival materials, Kodili Chukwuma analyses how the federal government articulates and justifies its counter-terrorism policy against specific ‘terrorist’ groups such as Boko Haram in order to construct Nigeria's identity. He argues that the designation of particular terrorist threats as a new form of terrorism in Nigeria – and beyond – enables state counter-terrorism interventions. Revealing the complexities of Nigeria's counter-terrorist strategy, this book sheds new light on critical terrorism and critical security studies in a key postcolonial context"-- De Gruyter Brill.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Nigeria’s counter-terrorism strategy
- Theorising counter-terrorism : social construction, identity and postcoloniality
- Researching counter-terrorism : state archives and discourse analysis
- Constructing the threat of terrorism : ‘new terrorism’ in Nigeria
- Constructing the Nigerian self : inclusive, democratic and progressive
- Constructing the terrorist other : religious fundamentalists, opportunists, and foreign terrorists
- Conclusion : counter-terrorism and postcolonialism,
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed January 16, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Chukwuma, Kodili Henry. Nigeria's counter-terrorism strategy
- ISBN:
- 9781399533478
- 1399533479
- 9781399533461
- 1399533460
- 9781399533454
- 1399533452
- OCLC:
- 1530777097
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000258391
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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