UID:
almafu_9961303787902883
Format:
1 online resource (312 p.)
ISBN:
9781003428596
,
1003428592
Series Statement:
Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain Series ; .32
Content:
Exploring the contentious landscape of Nigeria's escalating violence, this book describes the changing roles of traditional authorities in combatting contemporary security challenges. Set against a backdrop of widespread security threats - including insurgency, land disputes, communal violence, regional independence movements, and widespread criminal activities - perhaps more than ever before, Nigeria's conventional security infrastructure seems ill-equipped for the job. This book offers a fresh, empirical analysis of the roles of traditional authorities - including kings, Ezes, Obas, and Emirs - who are often hailed as potent alternatives to the state in security governance. It complicates the assumption that these traditional leaders, by virtue of their customary legitimacy and popular roots, are singularly effective in preventing and managing violence. Instead, in exploring their creative adaptation to governance roles after a dramatic postcolonial downturn, this book argues that traditional leaders can augment, but not substitute, the state in addressing insecurity. This book's in-depth analysis will be of interest to researchers and policy makers across African and security studies, political science, anthropology, and development.
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Traditional Authority, Security Governance, and Nigerian Agency -- Part I Continuity and Change -- Chapter 2 Assessing the Capacity of Traditional Institutions and Authorities in Maintaining Security and Peace: A Historical Perspective -- Chapter 3 The Changing Roles of Traditional Authorities in Security Management: A Case Study of the Benin Area of Edo State Chapter 4 Female Traditional Institutions and the Travails of Conflict Management, Peace, and Security in Ekiti Society -- Chapter 5 The Diminishing Relevance of Traditional Rulers and Securitization in the South-West -- Chapter 6 The Changing Roles of Traditional Authorities in Conflict, Security, and Peacebuilding in Katagum and Misau Emirate Councils in Bauchi State -- Part II Contemporary Problems and Solutions -- Chapter 7 Importing Militant Jihadists: Analysing the Response of Traditional Authorities to Muslim Youth Extremism in the Nigeria-Niger Border Areas of Sokoto State -- Chapter 8 Traditional Institutions and the Management of Herder-farmer Conflicts in Nasarawa State -- Chapter 9 Traditional rulers and the Amotekun Regional Security Network in the South-West -- Chapter 10 Traditional Authority and Grassroots' Peacebuilding Mechanisms in Lagos -- Chapter 11 Politicisation of the Appointment of Traditional Rulers and The Challenges Of Conflict And Security Management in Umuahia, Abia State -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12 Creative Genius in Postcolonial Nigeria: Re-imagining Traditional Rulership at a Safe Distance from Politics -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032550190
Language:
English
