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Religion, Occult and Youth Conflict in the Niger Delta of Nigeria.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Langaa RPCIG,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter One
- Introduction; Justification and Rationale for the Book; Social Influences and Agency in the Production and Sustenance of Youth Conflict; The Permeability of the Youth as a Social Category; Overview of the Nature of the Occult; Brief on the Method; Structure/Organization of the Book; Chapter Two
- The Niger Delta of Nigeria: Context and Location; The Geographical Niger Delta; Pattern of Environmental Degradation from Oil Activities in the Niger Delta; The People of the Niger Delta.
- Brief Ethnography of the IjawChapter Three
- Perception of Marginalization as Crucial Plank of the Niger Delta Struggle; Preamble; History of Socio-Economic Marginalization in the Region; The Decline of the Derivation Principle of Revenue Allocation; Political Domination and Non-Performance by Government; Overview of Recent Regulatory Framework of the Oil Industry in Nigeria; Chapter Four
- What The Theories Tell Us; Preamble; The Usual Suspects: Patrimonialism; Neo-Patrimonialism and Triple Alliance; The Triple Alliance or Commercial Triangle Notion; Going Economic: Resource Curse.
- Environmental Scarcities Grievance versus Greed; The Social Mix: Bottom-up and Top-down; Relative Deprivation; Chapter Five
- Debate with Religion: The Religious Cocktail of Occult, Witchcraft and Sorcery; Defining Religion; Religion as Positive and Collective; Religion as Neutral and without Prejudice; The Occult in Religion; Chapter Six
- Occult Manifestations in the Niger Delta; Re-imagining the Occult: Nature of the Egbesu as Deity and Destiny in the Niger Delta; Different Manifestations of the Occult in the Niger Delta; Egbesu Deity as Motivation in Sustaining Goal Oriented Conflict.
- Chapter Seven
- Marginalization and the Re-Invention of the OccultChapter Eight
- Making Sense of it All; Occult/Magic as Tool of Conflict; Occult, the Modern State and Underdevelopment; The Youth, Conflict and Occult; Reconstructing the Youth in the age of Conflict in Africa: Major Concerns; Chapter Nine
- Some Encouraging Conclusions?; The Why and How of the Conflict; Reality, Psychology or What?; Understanding Occult and Resolving Conflicts; References; Back cover.