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Is transparency the answer? : a study of the impacts of transparency in the extractive sector in Ghana
Get PDFThis thesis explores transparency and its impacts in the extractive industries in Ghana. The author explores the theoretical arguments for using transparency as tool for change in natural resources global governance, and uses Ghana as a case study.M-I
Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta
Get PDFThe recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns. This book analyses the causes, dynamics and politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drivers of the conflict, as well as the ways the crises spawned by the political economy of oil and contradictions within Nigeria's ethnic politics have contributed to the morphing of initially poorly coordinated, largely non-violent protests into a pan-Delta insurgency. Approaching the issue from a number of perspectives, the book offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of the varied dimensions of the conflict. Combining empirically-based and analytic chapters, it attempts to explain the causes of the escalation in violence, the various actors, levels and dynamics involved, and the policy challenges faced with regard to conflict management/resolution and the options for peace. It also examines the role of oil as a commodity of global strategic significance, addressing the relationship between oil, energy security and development in the Niger Delta
Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta : Managing the Complex Politics of Petroviolence
No full textThe recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns. This book analyses the causes, dynamics and politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drivers of the conflict, as well as the ways the crises spawned by the political economy of oil and contradictions within Nigeria's ethnic politics have contributed to the morphing of initially poorly coordinated, largely non-violent protests into a pan-Delta insurgency. Approaching the issue from a number of perspectives, the book offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of the varied dimensions of the conflict. Combining empirically-based and analytic chapters, it attempts to explain the causes of the escalation in violence, the various actors, levels and dynamics involved, and the policy challenges faced with regard to conflict management/resolution and the options for peace. It also examines the role of oil as a commodity of global strategic significance, addressing the relationship between oil, energy security and development in the Niger Delta.Contents: -- Introduction: Petro-violence in the Niger Delta: The Complex Politics of an Insurgency / Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad -- 1. The Nigerian State and the Niger Delta Crisis / Ukiwo Ukoha -- 2. Capacity and Governance Deficits in the Response to the Niger Delta Crisis / Babatunde Ahonsi -- 3. The Struggle for Resource Control and Violence in the Niger Delta / Rhuks Ako -- 4. The Niger Delta Crisis and the Question of Access to Justice / Engobo Emeseh -- 5. The Ijaw National Congress and Conflict Resolution in the Niger Delta / Ibaba Samuel Ibaba -- 6. Changing the Paradigm of Pacification: Oil and Militarization in Nigeria's Niger Delta / Charles Ukeje -- 7. Nigeria's Oil Diplomacy and the Management of the Niger Delta Crisis / Kayode Soremekun -- 8. 'Mend Me' the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and the empowerment of violence / Morten Boås -- 9. Popular and Criminal Violence as instruments of struggle in the Niger Delta Region / Augustine Ikelegbe -- 10. Swamped with Weapons: The Proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in the Niger Delta / Nils Duquet -- 11. Women's Protests in the Niger Delta Region / Oluwatoyin Oluwaniyi -- 12. Corporate Social Responsibility and the Niger Delta Conflict: Issues and Prospects / Uwafiokun Idemudia -- 13. Labelling Oil, Contesting Governance: LegalOil.com, the GMoU and Profiteering in the Niger Delta / Anna Zalik -- 14. Conclusion: Amnesty and post-amnesty peace, is the window of opportunity closing for the Niger Delta? / Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad</p
Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta : Managing the Complex Politics of Petroviolence
No full textThe recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns. This book analyses the causes, dynamics and politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drivers of the conflict, as well as the ways the crises spawned by the political economy of oil and contradictions within Nigeria's ethnic politics have contributed to the morphing of initially poorly coordinated, largely non-violent protests into a pan-Delta insurgency. Approaching the issue from a number of perspectives, the book offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of the varied dimensions of the conflict. Combining empirically-based and analytic chapters, it attempts to explain the causes of the escalation in violence, the various actors, levels and dynamics involved, and the policy challenges faced with regard to conflict management/resolution and the options for peace. It also examines the role of oil as a commodity of global strategic significance, addressing the relationship between oil, energy security and development in the Niger Delta.Contents: -- Introduction: Petro-violence in the Niger Delta: The Complex Politics of an Insurgency / Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad -- 1. The Nigerian State and the Niger Delta Crisis / Ukiwo Ukoha -- 2. Capacity and Governance Deficits in the Response to the Niger Delta Crisis / Babatunde Ahonsi -- 3. The Struggle for Resource Control and Violence in the Niger Delta / Rhuks Ako -- 4. The Niger Delta Crisis and the Question of Access to Justice / Engobo Emeseh -- 5. The Ijaw National Congress and Conflict Resolution in the Niger Delta / Ibaba Samuel Ibaba -- 6. Changing the Paradigm of Pacification: Oil and Militarization in Nigeria's Niger Delta / Charles Ukeje -- 7. Nigeria's Oil Diplomacy and the Management of the Niger Delta Crisis / Kayode Soremekun -- 8. 'Mend Me' the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and the empowerment of violence / Morten Boås -- 9. Popular and Criminal Violence as instruments of struggle in the Niger Delta Region / Augustine Ikelegbe -- 10. Swamped with Weapons: The Proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in the Niger Delta / Nils Duquet -- 11. Women's Protests in the Niger Delta Region / Oluwatoyin Oluwaniyi -- 12. Corporate Social Responsibility and the Niger Delta Conflict: Issues and Prospects / Uwafiokun Idemudia -- 13. Labelling Oil, Contesting Governance: LegalOil.com, the GMoU and Profiteering in the Niger Delta / Anna Zalik -- 14. Conclusion: Amnesty and post-amnesty peace, is the window of opportunity closing for the Niger Delta? / Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad</p
“Mtwara will be the New Dubai” dashed expectations, grievances, and civil unrest in Tanzania
No full textWhen does inequality lead to conflict? Despite recent studies highlighting the effects of group exclusion, this question has not been fully answered. We argue that objective group inequality is not sufficient to fuel unrest. Structural inequalities need to be perceived as unfair, and become grievances, in order to spark mobilization. While most conflict scholars recognize this on a theoretical level, statistical tests of the effect of inequality on conflict almost exclusively rely on objective data. This limits their ability to distinguish when inequality is politically relevant and when it is not. Southern Tanzania is a case in point. Despite decades of marginalization, the population remained peaceful until natural gas was discovered, and the government was perceived to break their promises of local development. Demonstrating that objective regional inequalities have remained relatively constant, while group grievances seems to have increased, we argue that direct measures of grievances are needed to pinpoint when inequality becomes politically salient. Using novel survey data, we find that people who think that the region is treated unfairly have the highest likelihood of supporting and participating in civil unrest
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