Oil and insurgency in the Niger Delta
Subtitle: managing the complex politics of petro-violence
By: edited by Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad
Series: Africa now; Africa now (Zed Books)
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781848138087; 9781848138070
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade; Insurgency
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-244) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: -- pt. ONE; title: Causes of conflict, state (in)capacities -- -- 1.; title: The Nigerian state, oil and the Niger Delta crisis  -- Ukoha Ukiwo -- 2.; title: Capacity and governance deficits in the response to the Niger Delta crisis  -- Babatunde A. Ahonsi -- 3.; title: The struggle for resource control and violence in the Niger Delta  -- Rhuks Ako -- 4.; title: The Niger Delta crisis and the question of access to justice  -- Engobo Emeseh -- 5.; title: The Ijaw National Congress and conflict resolution in the Niger Delta  -- Ibaba Samuel Ibaba -- 6.; title: Changing the paradigm of pacification: oil and militarization in Nigeria's Delta region  -- Charles Ukeje -- 7.; title: Nigeria's oil diplomacy and the management of the Niger Delta crisis  -- Kayode Soremekun -- pt. TWO; title: Conflict actors' dynamics