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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Zed Books Ltd., c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6209669
• Soggetto topico: Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects - Nigeria - Niger River Delta; Insurgency - Nigeria - Niger River Delta
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ObiC. I RustadSiri Aas
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: About the editors; Tables, figures and maps; Tables; Figures; Maps; Acronyms; 1 The Niger Delta states; Map 1: The Niger Delta states; Introduction: Petro-violence in the Niger Delta - the complex politics of an insurgency; The Niger Delta and oil; Background to the conflict in the Niger Delta; Scope of the book; PART ONE | Causes of conflict, state (in)capacities; 1 | The Nigerian state, oil and the Niger Delta crisis; Introduction; Revisiting the 'resource war' perspective to violent conflict; The technologies and politics of dispossession ; Alienation, group mobilization and violent conflicts Conclusion: the imperative of resource ownership and control; 2 | Capacity and governance deficits in the response to the Niger Delta crisis; Introduction; Salient dimensions of the Niger Delta conflict; Elements of a comprehensive response; Capacity and governance aspects of the response crisis; Charting a way forward; Conclusion; 3 | The struggle for resource control and violence in the Niger Delta; Introduction; Resource control and petro-violence in the Niger Delta; Resource control and the future of petro-violence ; Resource control, peace and sustainable development in the Niger Delta 4 | The Niger Delta crisis and the question of access to justice; Introduction; Access to justice: some conceptual issues; Law, legitimacy and access to justice; Law, the Nigerian state, oil, and the implications for access to justice in the Niger Delta; The grievances; The legislative framework; Impediments in the judicial system; The move towards activism as an alternative means of seeking justice; The government's response to the rise in activism; Conclusion ; 5 | The Ijaw National Congress and conflict resolution in the Niger Delta Introduction; Ijaws and the Niger Delta; 5.1 Projects of the presidential committee on the disbursement of the 1.5 per cent oil-producing areas development fund; Figure 5.1 Projects of the presidential committee on the disbursement of the 1.5 percent oil-producing areas development fund; Ijaw nationalism and the formation of the INC; The history of the INC; 5.1 INC engagement approaches and demands; Table 5.1 INC engagement approaches and demands; The INC's agenda for conflict resolution in the Niger Delta ; Interrogating the INC's agenda for resource control, conflict resolution and peace-building in the Niger Delta 5.2 Comparison of revenue allocation to six geopolitical zones of Nigeria; Figure 5.2 Comparison of revenue allocation to six geopolitical zones of Nigeria; Conclusion; 6 | Changing the paradigm of pacification: oil and militarization in Nigeria's Delta region; Introduction; The evolution of an unending crisis; Oil, militarization and the banality of state power; Multinational oil companies and the militarization of extraction ; The more things change ...? Oil and the future of the Niger Delta
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Oil and insurgency in the Niger Delta
• ISBN: 1-84813-810-5; 1-283-07099-5; 9786613070999; 1-84813-809-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465071803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Africa now (Zed Books)