Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 296 Seiten)
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Karten, Porträts, Illustrationen
ISBN:
9789004697911
Series Statement:
Youth in a globalizing world volume 22
Uniform Title:
Nigeria
Content:
Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Maps, Figures and Tables -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- References -- Part 1 From Ebony to Black Gold: A Turbulent History -- Chapter 1 First Stirrings: Nigerian Independence and the Niger Delta Republic (1960-1966) -- 1 From the Slave Trade -- 2 To Oil Exploration -- 3 Isaac Boro and the Niger Delta Republic (1966) -- 4 Toward the Secession of Biafra -- 5 Controversies Surrounding the Question of Genocide -- References -- Chapter 2 Mirages in the Midst of War: The Secession of Biafra (1967-1970) -- 1 The Great Game of Alliances -- 2 The Pragmatism of Oil Companies -- 3 Oil: A Resource for Conflict or an Obstacle to War? -- 4 Disagreements over Revenue Sharing -- References -- Chapter 3 Boom or Doom?: From Prosperity to the Economic and Social Crisis (1971-1989) -- 1 The Reconstruction Era -- 2 A Relentless Race to Create New States -- 3 Centralized Federalism -- 4 The Uprising of Evangelists, Naked Women and the Youth -- References -- Chapter 4 Shell, the Dictator and the Writer: The Ogoni Revolt (1990-1999) -- 1 The Ogoni, an Emerging Minority -- 2 MOSOP between Contestations and Divisions -- 3 A Bitter Victory -- 4 The Odi Massacre and the Beginning of the Ijaw Rebellion -- References -- Chapter 5 Militants or Pirates?: The Armed Struggle of the Ijaw (2000-2009) -- 1 Greed or Grievance? -- 2 The Emergence of MEND (2006-2008) -- 3 The 2009 Amnesty -- References -- Chapter 6 The Gangster and the Godfather: Ordinary Crime and Amnesty in a "Democracy" (2010-2020) -- 1 An Ijaw President: Goodluck Jonathan (2010-2015) -- 2 Muhammadu Buhari, or the Dashed Hopes of a Democratic Transition (2015-2020) -- 3 The Business of Amnesty -- 4 The Institutionalization of Crime -- 5 Bayelsa and Rivers in Troubled Waters -- References.
Content:
"Based on 30 years of fieldwork in the Niger Delta, this book debunks the determinism of the resource curse theory in Nigeria, Africa's leading oil producer and the most populous country on the continent. It rather shows that oil and gas production is only one element of a social problem with much deeper roots. It also investigates the role played by the youth, a key issue in a society where half of the population is under 18 years old. To understand the multiple causes of the crisis, it thus delves into the complexity of a rich history"--
Note:
"The French version has been published in Paris in 2024 by the Editions de la Sorbonne under the title Nigeria : La fabrique de la malédiction du pétrole dans le delta du Niger"
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004697348
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Pérouse de Montclos, Marc-Antoine Niger Delta Leiden : Brill, 2024 ISBN 9789004697348
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004697911
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