Displacement and the Politics of Violence in Nigeria

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-04-10876-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 67, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 281 g

Reihe: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology

This volume examines the political stalemate that has engulfed Nigeria in the 1990s. The annulment of the 1993 elections stopped the transition to civilian rule which had begun in 1987. In re-establishing its rule, the military relied increasingly on repressive measures. As rival elites have struggled to control the economy, the level of violence and general insecurity has increased. Often contending forces are perceived in religious terms, with the result that secular strife has become pronounced.
The military government has thereby been able to manipulate the complexities of religious, class and ethnic factors for its own purposes, with the result that increasing numbers of Nigerians have left the country.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lovejoy, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, Paul E. Lovejoy and Pat Ama Tokunbo Williams

Nigeria in the Global Context of Refugees: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Toyin Falola

Political Instability and Displacement in Nigeria, Leo Dare

Religion, Violence and Displacement in Nigeria, Pat Ama Tokunbo Williams

The Politics of History: The Legacy of the Sokoto Caliphate in Nigeria, Jonathan T. Reynolds

Ecology, Identity, Developmentalism and Displacement in Northern Nigeria, Jonathan T. Reynolds

Shifting the Imbalance: The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Rural-Urban Population Movements in Northern Nigeria, Kate Meagher

Contemporary Dimensions of Migration among Historically Migrant Nigerians: Fulani Pastoralists in Southwestern Nigeria, Akanmu G. Adebayo

The Displacement of the Nigerian Academic Community, Ibrahim M. Jumare

Legalizing Displacement: The Legal Order in the Political Economy of Nigeria, Paul D. Ocheje

The New Nigeria: Displacement and the Nation, Michael Levin

Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Paul E. Lovejoy, Ph.D. (1973) in History at the University of Wisconsin, is Distinguished Research Professor at York University, Canada. He has published extensively on Nigerian history and African history more generally, including Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (Cambridge, 1983).

Pat Ama Tokunbo Williams, Ph.D. (1989) in Political Science at the University of Ibadan, is Senior Lecturer, Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria and Visiting Scholar, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada. Her publications include Religion and National Development in Nigeria, co-authored with Toyin Falola (1992).