Traditional authority and security in contemporary Nigeria
"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 vio...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Further subjects: | B
Political conflict
B Law B Government B Tradition B Nigeria Politics and government 21st century B Governance B Internal policy B National Security (Nigeria) B Peacebuilding B Chiefdoms (Nigeria) B Political Freedom & Security / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Generals B Traditional culture B Nigeria B Internal security |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781032550190 |
| Summary: | "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"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 298 Seiten), Diagramme, Karten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-003-42859-6 1-003-42859-2 978-1-003-83001-6 1-003-83001-3 978-1-003-82996-6 1-003-82996-1 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4324/9781003428596 |
