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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777473203321

Autore

Adekson Adedayo Oluwakayode

Titolo

The "civil society" problematique : deconstructing civility and southern Nigeria's ethnic radicalization / / Adedayo Oluwakayode Adekson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-93655-2

0-415-94785-5

0-203-49377-X

1-280-05242-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 321 pages)

Collana

African studies

Disciplina

300/.9669

Soggetti

Civil society - Nigeria

Nigeria Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-314) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Dedication; Contents; CHAPTER I Introduction; CHAPTER II Overview of Study; CHAPTER III Review of Literature; CHAPTER IV Summary of Results Ijaw Youth Council; CHAPTER V Summary of Results Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB); CHAPTER VI Summary of Results Oodua Peoples Congress; CHAPTER VII Analysis of Theoretical Anomalies and Regime Policy; CHAPTER VIII Analysis of the Process of Radicalization; CHAPTER IX Implications of Findings and Conclusion; APPENDIX A Questionnaire; APPENDIX B Summary of MOSOP Interview; APPENDIX C Map of Nigeria

Sommario/riassunto

This volume deftly undertakes both a theoretical deconstruction of the concept of civil society, civility and related themes, and an empirical analysis of the radicalisation process in Southern Nigeria.