Civil Society and Ethnic Conflict Management in Nigeria - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil Society and Ethnic Conflict Management in Nigeria write by Thomas A. Imobighe. This book was released on 2003. Civil Society and Ethnic Conflict Management in Nigeria available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book represents a serious attempt to develop new strategies to manage the ethnic conflicts that continue to undermine Nigeria's efforts at democratic consolidation. Case studies discuss the socio- economic and political dynamics that fuel ethnic conflicts; highlight the limitations to their management; and propose civil society approaches. The book is organised into three parts. The first analyses basic concepts at play, such as ethnicity and ethnic conflict, specifically in the Nigerian context, and against the background of the position of civil society and development in the country. The second part comprises six case studies spread across Nigeria's six geo-political regions. The third section concentrates on the critical issue of civil society empowerment, and proposes ways to enhance its creative participation in the country's development.
Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, and Democracy in Nigeria
Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, and Democracy in Nigeria - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, and Democracy in Nigeria write by Darren Kew. This book was released on 2016-05-31. Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, and Democracy in Nigeria available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. African nations have watched the recent civic dramas of the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street asking if they too will see similar civil society actions in their own countries. Nigeria—Africa’s most populous nation—has long enjoyed one of the continent’s most vibrant civil society spheres, which has been instrumental in political change. Initially viewed as contributing to democracy’s development, however, civil society groups have come under increased scrutiny by scholars and policymakers. Do some civil society groups promote democracy more effectively than others? And if so, which ones, and why? By examining the structure, organizational cultures, and methods of more than one hundred Nigerian civil society groups, Kew finds that the groups that best promote democratic development externally are themselves internally democratic. Specifically, the internally democratic civil society groups build more sustainable coalitions to resist authoritarian rule; support and influence political parties more effectively; articulate and promote public interests in a more negotiable fashion; and, most importantly, inculcate democratic norms in their members, which in turn has important democratizing impacts on national political cultures and institutions. Further, internally democratic groups are better able to resolve ethnic differences and ethnic-based tensions than their undemocratically structured peers. This book is a deeply comprehensive account of Nigerian civil society groups in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Kew blends democratic theory with conflict resolution methodologies to argue that the manner in which groups—and states—manage internal conflicts provides an important gauge as to how democratic their political cultures are. The conclusions will allow donors and policymakers to make strategic decisions in their efforts to build a democratic society in Nigeria and other regions.
Conflict Management in Nigeria
Conflict Management in Nigeria - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conflict Management in Nigeria write by Oshita O. Oshita. This book was released on 2007-04-20. Conflict Management in Nigeria available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Conflict Management in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges, Dr. Oshita O. Oshita, one of the leading peace researchers in Nigeria, interrogates a number of cross-cutting issues and challenges that may be encountered in the process of engaging with conflict mitigation in Nigeria. He explores the complex issues involved just as he analyses the challenges arising from the political economy of conflict management in Nigeria from historical and contemporary perspectives.
Conflict Resolution, Identity Crisis, and Development in Africa
Conflict Resolution, Identity Crisis, and Development in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conflict Resolution, Identity Crisis, and Development in Africa write by Celestine Oyom Bassey. This book was released on 2007. Conflict Resolution, Identity Crisis, and Development in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Conflict manifestations and the development crisis in Africa are addressed by contributions from sixteen eminent Nigerian scholars and researchers in policy and strategic studies. The volume addresses the ontological linkage between the prevalent crisis of underdevelopment and political instability in the continent, resulting in mass poverty, stagflation, uneven development, alienation, mounting external debts and periodic outbreak of violence and military coup d'etats. There is a thematic overview, a section on identity crisis, and on conflict resolution and development in Africa. Amongst the issues covered are language, structures of communication, ethnicity, power sharing, culture, epidemiology of convlict and violence in Nigera, political stability, economic development, and a case analysis of the Niger Delta in relation to resources and conflict. Celestine Bassey is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Calabar and currently the Commissioner of Education, Cross River State, Calabar. Oshita Oshita is the director of research and policy analysis at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution at The Presidency in Abuja.
Civil Society, the State and Conflicts in Africa
Civil Society, the State and Conflicts in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil Society, the State and Conflicts in Africa write by Hussein Solomon. This book was released on 2002. Civil Society, the State and Conflicts in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
