Horror in paradise
Subtitle: frameworks for understanding the crises of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria
By: edited by Christopher LaMonica and J. Shola Omotola
Contributors: Omotola, J. Shola
Series: African world series; Carolina Academic Press African world series
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781611633559
Subjects: Human security; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Government policy; Petroleum industry and trade; Corrupt practices; Resource allocation; Environmental justice; Civil society; Ethnic conflict; Peace-building
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why the Niger Delta region of Nigeria matters / Christopher LaMonica, J. Shola Omotola; title: Oil and cultural crisis: the case of the Niger Delta / S.O. Aghalino; title: Women and the Niger Delta question / J. Shola Omotola; title: Environmental justice, democracy, and the inevitability of cultural change in Nigeria : a critical analysis of the Niger Delta dilemma / Kelly Bryan Ovie Ejumudo; title: Minorities and resource allocation in a transitional state : the Nigeria experience / Ekanade Olumide; title: Notes from the field : challenges to democratic elections in Nigeria / Mourtada Deme and Bodunrin Adebo; title: The role of leadership in promoting successful dialogue in a fragile state : contextualizing the Yar'adua-Jonathan administration in the Niger Delta / Uzoechi Nwagbara; title: 'Agony in the garden' : incongruity of governance and the travails of Port Harcourt City, Niger Delta, Nigeria, 1912-2010 / Akachi Odoemene; title: Charting pathways to development in the riverine areas of the Niger Delta region / O.J. Offiong and Jude Cocodia; title: Moving beyond ideological approaches to the crises of the Niger Delta / Christopher LaMonica; title: From operation law and order to operation restore hope : human security crisis in the Niger Delta / Lere Amusan; title: Re-framing the public sphere through community-based resistance : the role of the media and civil society in a fragile state / Uzoechi Nwagbara; title: 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; title: Armed militancy in the Niger Delta : quintessential play-off of sub-regional economic disparities / Franklins A. Sanubi; title: 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; title: Amnesty and peace-building in the Niger Delta : addressing the frustration-aggression trap / Ibaba Samuel Ibaba; title: The Niger Delta Amnesty Programme : what manner of peace deal? / Akachi Odoemene; title: Why "new civilizing arrangements" are required for the restoration of paradise / Christopher LaMonica, J. Shola Omotola.