Contemporary Security Governance in Nigeria

Themes and Perspectives
Herausgeber: Okoli, Al Chukwuma; Aina, Folahanmi

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the theory, practice, and challenges of contemporary security governance in Nigeria and argues for the prioritization of security governance in state affairs. It addresses important issues such as state legitimacy, public emergencies, intelligence oversight, civilian-led community policing, and Operation Safe Corridor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666949438
• ISBN-10: 1666949434
• Artikelnr.: 70243197

Autorenporträt

Albert Chukwuma Okoli is senior lecturer at the Federal University of Lafia. Folahanmi Aina is lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Part One: Understanding Security Governance
Introduction: Situating the Subject Matter of Security Governance
Al Chukwuma Okoli and Folahanmi Aina
Chapter One: Theoretical Perspectives on Security Governance
Al Chukuma Okoli and Sunday Orinya
Chapter Two: The Nature of Nigeria's National Security Architecture
Segun Ofongo
Chapter Three: The State as the Context of Security Dispensation and
Management
Ikenna Mike Alumona and Stephen Nnaemeka Azom
Chapter Four: Security-Governance Nexus: Towards a New Paradigm for
National Security Praxis
Al Chukuwma Okoli, Folahanmi Aina and Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha
Chapter Five: Democracy, State Legitimacy and Security Governance in
Nigeria
George A. Genyi
Chapter Six: Public Emergencies and Security Governance in Nigeria
Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola
Chapter Seven: Gender Dimension to Security Governance in Nigeria
Comfort Fatimoh Sheidu
Part Two: Approaches and Strategies to Security Governance
Chapter Eight: The Imperative of Security Sector Reform in Nigeria
Francis Okpaleke
Chapter Nine: Monopoly of Force and Authority Over Violence: The Military
and the Exigency of State Preservation in Nigeria
Samuel Oyewole
Chapter Ten: The Nigerian State and Its Coercive Competencies: An
Assessment of The Nigerian State's Response to Internal Security Challenges
Ibeh Chinyere and Miriam Adah
Chapter Eleven: Non-Coercive Approaches to Security Governance in Nigeria
Oluwole Ojewale
Chapter Twelve: Internal Intelligence Oversight and Governance for Security
in Nigeria
Ebimboere Seiyefa
Chapter Thirteen: Serving the Perpetrators, Starving the Persecuted? The
Contradictions of 'Operation Safe Corridor' and their Implications for
Security Governance
John Sunday Ojo
Part Three: State, Foreign, and Non-State Actors in Security Governance
Chapter Fourteen: The Police, Paramilitary Agencies and Public Order in
Nigeria
Kazeem Oyedele Lamidi and Paul Oluwamoroti Adebayo
Chapter Fifteen: Foreign Security Force Assistance and Security Governance
in Nigeria
Folahanmi Aina and Adebayo Adeleke
Chapter Sixteen: Private Security Companies and Security Provisioning in
Nigeria
Tosin Osasona
Chapter Seventeen: Civil Society and Security Governance in Nigeria
Fidelis Ikaade Ochim and Joseph Chigozie Nebiefe
Chapter Eighteen: Traditional Institutions, Faith-Based Organizations, and
Public Security in Nigeria
Odey Joseph Obinyi, and Martin Luter Orjime
Chapter Nineteen: Militias, Vigilantes, and Civilian-led Community Policing
in Nigeria
Nsemba Edward Lenshie, Ugwu Anthony Chinedu and Buhari Shehu Miapyen
Conclusion: What has Governance Got to Do with Security, and Vice Versa?
Al Chukwuma Okoli and Folahanmi Aina
About the Editors and Contributors