Security challenges and management in modern Nigeria /
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| Imprint: | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. |
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| Description: | xxiii, 655 pages ; 22 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11784619 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Editors' Introduction
- Section 1. History, Theories and Concept in Security Studies and Management
- Chapter 1. Nigeria's Security Challenges in Historical Perspective
- Chapter 2. History in Security, Security in History
- Chapter 3. The New Paradigm of Political Violence in Nigeria: Mapping the Territory of Theories
- Chapter 4. Addressing Contemporary Nigeria's Insecurity Problem through the New Security Approach
- Chapter 5. The Relevance of the Irrelevant: The Trajectory to Peace and Security in Nigeria
- Section 2. War, Peace and Security Challenges in the Pre-Colonial and Colonial Nigeria
- Chapter 6. An Appraisal of the Roles of the Warriors' Guild in Addressing Pre-colonial Security Challenges in Okaland
- Chapter 7. Settlement Patterns and Security Institutions in Ibadan in the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 8. Nigeria and Security Challenges during the Second World War, 1939-1945
- Chapter 9. Urbanization, Poverty and Security in Colonial Lagos
- Section 3. Security Challenges in Post-Colonial Nigeria: Military Rule and Democratisation
- Chapter 10. Nigerian Civil War: The Harbinger of Insecurity?
- Chapter 11. "A Tribal Thing Really": The New York Times and the Characterization of the Nigerian Civil War
- Chapter 12. 'Taming the Monster': Security Challenges, the Military and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria
- Chapter 13. Votes, Security and Election Administration in Nigeria
- Chapter 14. Local Government Elections and Security Challenges in Nigeria: An Appraisal
- Chapter 15. Political Recruitment: Democracy and the Politics of Godfatherism in Nigeria
- Chapter 16. Elections, Electoral Violence and Godfatherism Complex in Nigeria: A Historical Reflection
- Section 4. Security Challenges in Contemporary Nigeria: Policing, Ethnic Crises, the Media and the Entertainment Industry
- Chapter 17. Police Reform: A Gateway to a Secured Nigerian State
- Chapter 18. Community Policing, Crime Controls and Security Development in South-West Nigeria: A Comparative Study of Vigilante Groups in Ile-Ife and Igboora Communities
- Chapter 19. Police and the Security Challenges in Nigeria: A Study of Bayo Afolabi's Tears of a Patriotic Rebel, Lola Shoneyin's The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives and Femi Osofisan's Morountodun
- Chapter 20. Ethnicity and the Challenge of Political Succession in Nigerian Politics
- Chapter 21. Ethnicity and Security Challenges in Nigeria: A Re-appraisal
- Chapter 22. Nigerian Entertainment Industry vis-a-vis Security Challenges: Some Attendant Concerns
- Chapter 23. Security and the Dearth of Live Theatre in Nigeria
- Chapter 24. Insecurity: Barriers to the Development of Visual Art in Nigeria
- Section 5. Security Challenges, National Economy and International Politics
- Chapter 25. The Soft Underbelly: Ports, Shipping and National Security in Contemporary Nigeria
- Chapter 26. The Nexus between the Economy and Nigeria's Security Challenges
- Chapter 27. The Rising Level of Drug Addicts / Trafficking and its Security Implication for the Nation
- Chapter 28. The End Justifies the Means: Corruption and Insecurity in Post-colonial Nigeria, 1999-2011
- Chapter 29. Drugs, Crimes and Security Challenges hi Nigeria, 1960-2012
- Section 6. Insecurity, Religious Crises, Boko Haramism and Terrorism in Contemporary Nigeria
- Chapter 30. 'De-Religionising' Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria: Critical Issues in the Concept and Practice of Jihad in Islamic History
- Chapter 31. Governance, Terrorism, Boko Haram and Security Challenges in Nigeria
- Chapter 32. Street Wanderers Menace, Social Security Lapses and the Untamable Insurrections in Contemporary Nigeria
- Chapter 33. The Question of National Security and Religion: Negotiating a Mediating Role
- Chapter 34. Religion: Source of Conflict or Resource for Peace in Face of Security Challenges in Nigeria
- Chapter 35. Boko Haram: A Concoction of State Failure; 'Elite-Class Competition' and 'Alienation' in Nigeria
- Chapter 36. Political Religiosity and Civil Strife in the Middle Belt: Threats to Nigeria's Security and Defence Strategy
- Section 7. Towards Addressing, Managing and Mitigating the Impact of Security Challenges on Nigeria
- Chapter 37. Rethinking Nigeria's Security System for Sustainable Development: A Consideration of New Options and Strategies Patrick Ukase
- Chapter 38. Insecurity in Contemporary Nigeria: Useful Lessons of Judicial Administration in the Old Ondo Province as a Panacea
- Chapter 39. From Pandemonium to Peace: The Role of Labour Union in Achieving a Secure Nigeria
- Chapter 40. The Role of Women Lawyers in the Mitigation of National Security Challenges in Nigeria: A Case Study of FIDA
- Contributors
