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Horror in paradise : frameworks for understanding the crises of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

Title: Horror in paradise : frameworks for understanding the crises of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria / edited by Christopher LaMonica and J. Shola Omotola.
Author: LaMonica, Christopher.
Publication: Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2014]

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Additional Authors

Omotola, J. Shola.

Description

xxvi, 303 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.

Series Statement

African world series

Uniform Title

Carolina Academic Press African world series.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Call Number

Sc F 15-205

ISBN

9781611633559 (alk. paper)
1611633559 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2013006352
40024460982

OCLC

875654688

Author

LaMonica, Christopher.

Title

Horror in paradise : frameworks for understanding the crises of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria / edited by Christopher LaMonica and J. Shola Omotola.

Imprint

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2014]

Series

African world series

Carolina Academic Press African world series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Omotola, J. Shola.

Other Standard Identifier

40024460982

Research Call Number

Sc F 15-205

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