Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria

Herausgeber: Ako-Nai, Ronke I.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria is about how sex has played an important and decisive role in the place of women in Nigerian society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 749g
• ISBN-13: 9780739177785
• ISBN-10: 0739177788
• Artikelnr.: 36555258

Autorenporträt

Edited by Ronke I. Ako-Nai - Contributions by Funso Adesola; I. D. David; A. O. Ologunde; Anthony M. Oladoyin; Adesina Coker; Michael Abiodun Oni; Rachael Oluseye Iyanda; Adu F. Modupe; Mercy Onaodowan Erhun; Sulaiman O. Adebayo; Adedeji J. Ogunleye; Oluw

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: WESTERN FEMINIST THEORIES: HOW APPLICABLE TO AFRICA
R.I. Ako-Nai SECTION A: WOMEN'S RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW Chapter 2: AN OVERVIEW
OF THE RIGHTS OF NIGERIAN WOMEN UNDER THE LAWS Oluwafeyisayo Semiu Kuteyi
Chapter 3: WOMEN'S RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION: THE NIGERIAN
CIRCUMSTANCES A.A. Idowu (PhD) Chapter 4: 1999 CONSTITUTION AND GENDER
ANALYSIS OF ELECTIVE AND APPOINTIVE POSITIONS IN NIGERIA Michael Abiodun
Oni and Rachael Oluseye Iyanda Chapter 5: AN APPRAISAL OF THE PROTECTION OF
WOMEN'S RIGHTS UNDER NIGERIAN LAWS Mercy Onaodowan Erhun Chapter 6:
CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA Adesina Coker, LL.M, MBA
Chapter 7: AN OVERVIEW OF LEGAL AND IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK OF NIGERIAN'S
NATIONAL GENDER POLICY Benson Kunle Sehinde SECTION B: SEXISM AND WOMEN
MARGINALIZATION Chapter 8: MASCULINITY IN GENDER RELATIONS:THE NIGERIAN
EXPERIENCE AND CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Adu Funmilayo Modupe
Chapter 9: INFLUENCE OF AGE, MARITAL STATUS AND ENVIRONMENT ON SEXISM IN
NIGERIA Ogunleye J. Adedeji and Sulaiman O. Adebayo Chapter 10: SEX,
SEX-ROLE ORIENTATION, PERSONALITY AND SEXISM IN NIGERIA Ogunleye J. Adedeji
SECTION C: POLICY AND GENDER PARTICIPATION Chapter 11: GENDER AND
PEACEBUILDING IN NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA REGION Stephen A. Faleti Chapter 12:
WOMEN IN YORUBA INDIGENOUS POLITICS IN NIGERIA I.O. Aransi Chapter 13:
DEMOCRACY AND GENDER PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA: A CASE FOR GENDER
MAINSTREAMING IN POLITICS I.D. David Chapter 14: GENDER EQUALITY FOR A
BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL Ologunde, A. O. Chapter 15: THE PLACE OF
WOMEN IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: A SUBLIME FEMINIST ANALYSIS Anthony M.
Oladoyin Chapter 16: AFRICAN WOMEN AND THE CHANGING NOTION OF SECURITY
Funso Adesola SECTION D: FEMINISM AND SOCIAL MOVEMENT Chapter 17: "UNKNOWN
SOLDIER": WOMEN'S RADICALISM AND ACTIVISM AND STATE VIOLENCE IN 20TH
CENTURY NIGERIA Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome Chapter 18: WOMEN, GRASS ROOTS
MOVEMENTS AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN NIGERIA Iwebunor Okwechime and Akin
Iwilade Chapter 19: GENDER AND THE NIGER DELTA CRISES: THE CHALLENGE OF
LOCAL FEMINISMS Mashood Omotosho Chapter 20: GENDER, ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA REGION Iwebunor Okwechime and
Akin Iwilade