Luke Amadi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6402670 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luke Amadi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luke |
| FAMILY NAME | Amadi |
| SIGNATURE | AMADI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Port Harcourt |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4425-4542 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Redefining eco-terrorism: A third world perspective
State fragility and armed banditry in North Central Nigeria: Greed or grievance
Democracy, separatist agitation and militarised state response in South East Nigeria
This briefing revisits the dynamics of post-civil-war agitation for a separate state arising from Nigerian state repression in Africa’s largest democracy. It analyses uncertainties among many Nigerians in the south-east of the country and focuses on the recent experience of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group agitating for a republic of Biafra. It argues for a more democratic order that legitimises equality and social justice as organ…
Beyond Mainstream Development: The Moral Economy Alternative
Calls for moral economy abound as evidence accumulates of growing social, ecological and racialized failings of mainstream development conceived as a Westerncentric/Eurocentric construct largely driven by the notion of ‘economic growth’ as basis of development. There is now a considerable and diverse literature on contradictions of the mainstream development, including questions of inequality, climate change vulnerability, white racism, modern sl…
Decolonizing Colonial Development Models in Africa: A New Postcolonial Critique
Decolonizing Colonial Development Models in Africa: A New Postcolonial Critique confronts colonial development models to decolonize methodologies, epistemologies, and the history and practice of development in postcolonial African societies and advocates for Afrocentric alternatives. By taking a critical approach and drawing on postcolonial, postmodern, post-developmental, and post-structural theories, the contributors identify and analyze the ef…
Democracy and Political Violence in Nigeria Since Multi -Party Politics in 1999: A Critical Appraisal
The return to democracy in Nigeria in 1999 ushered in some form of political reforms, particularly in the conduct of multi- party elections however political violence appears perverse. The objective of this study is to explore how the prevalence of political violence has undermined Nigeria’s democracy. The analysis follows survey data to address the questions regarding democracy and political violence. The study draws from the frustration-aggress…
Democracy, separatist agitation and militarised state response in South East Nigeria
This briefing revisits the dynamics of post-civil-war agitation for a separate state arising from Nigerian state repression in Africa’s largest democracy. It analyses uncertainties among many Nigerians in the south-east of the country and focuses on the recent experience of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group agitating for a republic of Biafra. It argues for a more democratic order that legitimises equality and social justice as organ…
Democracy and Political Violence in Nigeria Since Multi -Party Politics in 1999: A Critical Appraisal
The return to democracy in Nigeria in 1999 ushered in some form of political reforms, particularly in the conduct of multi- party elections however political violence appears perverse. The objective of this study is to explore how the prevalence of political violence has undermined Nigeria’s democracy. The analysis follows survey data to address the questions regarding democracy and political violence. The study draws from the frustration-aggress…
Beyond Mainstream Development: The Moral Economy Alternative
Calls for moral economy abound as evidence accumulates of growing social, ecological and racialized failings of mainstream development conceived as a Westerncentric/Eurocentric construct largely driven by the notion of ‘economic growth’ as basis of development. There is now a considerable and diverse literature on contradictions of the mainstream development, including questions of inequality, climate change vulnerability, white racism, modern sl…
Decolonizing Colonial Development Models in Africa: A New Postcolonial Critique
Decolonizing Colonial Development Models in Africa: A New Postcolonial Critique confronts colonial development models to decolonize methodologies, epistemologies, and the history and practice of development in postcolonial African societies and advocates for Afrocentric alternatives. By taking a critical approach and drawing on postcolonial, postmodern, post-developmental, and post-structural theories, the contributors identify and analyze the ef…
Democracy, separatist agitation and militarised state response in South East Nigeria
This briefing revisits the dynamics of post-civil-war agitation for a separate state arising from Nigerian state repression in Africa’s largest democracy. It analyses uncertainties among many Nigerians in the south-east of the country and focuses on the recent experience of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group agitating for a republic of Biafra. It argues for a more democratic order that legitimises equality and social justice as organ…
Redefining eco-terrorism: A third world perspective
State fragility and armed banditry in North Central Nigeria: Greed or grievance
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works)