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Criminal resistance? : the politics of kidnapping of oil workers /
By focussing on kidnappings that are putatively connected to the struggle for emancipating the Niger Delta, Oriola makes the case for analysing the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger (MEND) as a social movement organization, rather than a terrorist or criminal gang by showing how political p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, Surrey :
Ashgate Publishing Limited,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Interdisciplinary research series in ethnic, gender, and class relations.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | By focussing on kidnappings that are putatively connected to the struggle for emancipating the Niger Delta, Oriola makes the case for analysing the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger (MEND) as a social movement organization, rather than a terrorist or criminal gang by showing how political processes shape kidnappings in the Delta. The use of violent repertoires of contention has not garnered sufficient attention in the social movement literature, despite the fact that that around the world, many similar groups are adopting violent tactics without necessarily eschewing non-violent techn. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409449928 1409449920 1409449912 9781409449911 1317157834 9781317157830 1299407307 9781299407305 1317157842 9781317157847 |