Rural Violence in Contemporary Nigeria

The State, Criminality and National Security
Herausgeber: Tar, Usman A.; Bala, Bashir

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Produktbeschreibung

The book explores the pressing problem of rural violence in contemporary Nigeria by assessing the changing patterns of conflict and response across the country. It will be of interest to scholars and researchers across Political Science, Security Studies, Rural Studies, and Regional Studies in Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781032063690
• ISBN-10: 1032063696
• Artikelnr.: 71234757

Autorenporträt

Usman A. Tar is Endowed Professor of Defence and Security Studies at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). He is also Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences as well as the founding Director of the Centre for Early Warning Studies at the same institution. Bashir Bala is a doctoral candidate for PhD Strategy and Security Studies at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. He graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), commissioned at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom, and thereafter attended Shijiazhuang Mechanized Infantry Academy for Basic and Advanced Special Operations Courses, China.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: The State, Rural Violence and National Security in
Contemporary Nigeria Usman A. Tar and Bashir Bala PART I: CONCEPTUAL AND
CONTEXTUAL PARAMETERS Chapter 2: Origin and Evolution of Cattle Rustling
and Banditry in Nigeria Saliba B. James Chapter 3: Political Power Play,
the Law and Rural Conflicts in Nigeria Yikwabs Peter Yikwab, Babatunde
Moses Kayode, and Temitope Oriola Chapter 4: Peacebuilding, Fragility,
Cattle Rustling and Armed Banditry in Nigeria Chris AM Kwaja and Emah,
Ephraim Bassey PART II: TRIGGERS OF RURAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA Chapter 5:
Ecological Disasters, Climate Change and Rural Violence in Nigeria Taiye
Oluwafemi Adewuyi and Cyril Kanayochukwu Ezeamaka Chapter 6: Resource War
and Rural Violence in Nigeria: The Case of Farmer-Herder Conflict Haruna
Dantaro Dlakwa Chapter 7: Kidnapping for Ransom, Cattle Rustling, and Armed
Banditry as Emerging "Sources of Quick Wealth" in Nigeria Sharkdam Wapmuk
Chapter 8: Socio-Economic Impact of Rural Banditry and Cattle Rustling in
Nigeria's North West Mubarak Ahmed Mashi Chapter 9: Biting the Fingers that
Feed: Militias and Rural Host Communities in Nigeria's Niger Delta Anthony
Rufus and Jude Cocodia PART III: EMERGING RESPONSES Chapter 10: The State,
Governance and Crisis of Security: The Management of Rural Violence in
Fourth Republic Nufaisah Garba Ahmed Chapter 11: National and State
Institutional Responses to Cattle Rustling and Armed Banditry in Northern
Nigeria Freedom C. Onuoha, Joachim Chukwuma Okafor and Anthony Okafo PART
IV: CONCLUSION Chapter 13: The Management of Rural Violence in Nigeria: The
Way Forward Bashir Bala and Usman A. Tar