Civil society, oil and conflict in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria
Ramifications of Civil Society for a Regional Resource Struggle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4946370 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Augustine Ikelegbe (University of Benin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 437-469 |
| Publication date | 2001-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x01003676 |
| OpenAlex | W2104198763 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 6 |
Civil society has been associated with challenges and popular struggles for state and democratic reforms. Though these may relate to the articulation of substantive ethnic, regional and communal demands, few studies have addressed the dynamics and ramifications of their engagement in struggles other than democratisation. This study focuses on the ramifications of the entrance of civil society into a regional resource agitation in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The study finds that civil society has flowered, taken over and escalated the struggle and constructed itself into a solid formation of regional resistance. Civil groups have reconstructed the agitation into a broad, participatory, highly mobilised and coordinated struggle and redirected it into a struggle for self-determination, equity and civil and environmental rights. The study denotes the roles that civil society can play in the sociopolitical process and reveals the dynamics of their encounters with the state and multinational corporations
Articulation (sociology) · Citizen journalism · Civil society · Commons · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Grassroots · Multinational corporation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues · Transboundary Water Resource Management
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The Oil Extractive Industry in The Niger Delta
Nigeria's Amnesty Programme as a Peacebuilding Infrastructure
Am I an Ex-Slave
Dissent and State Excesses in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Women’s Emancipation and Civil Society Organisations
The Marketing of Rebellion
Social Movements and Rights Claims
Owigiri music and the expression of Ijo ̣identity
Stylistic elements in the praise poetry of Chief Adolphus Munamuna, ọụbẹbẹ kẹnị Ịjọ ibe (the chief oral poet of the Ịjọ nation)
Boko Haram and Niger Delta Avengers
Remediating Oil Contamination in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
Razed, repressed and bought off
Dynamics of leadership styles within the Ogoni and Ijaw movements in the Niger Delta
Air Pollution, Climate Change and Ecosystem Health in the Niger Delta
Harvest of violence
Foreign direct investment ‐firm productivity nexus in West Africa
Developing normative criteria for meaningful citizen participation and deliberation in environmental policy
Community Conflicts and Armed Militancy in Nigeria’s Niger Delta
States living in glasshouses
Oil, Dissent, and Distribution
The state, conflict & evolving politics in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Socioeconomic Inequalities and Attitudes toward Violence
The Amnesty Programme and the Challenges of Ending Youth Militancy in Nigeria’s Niger Delta
State, Ethnic Militias, and Conflict in Nigeria
Female Genital Cutting in Ịjọland
Upsetting the gender imbalance in African popular music
The Study of Ethnicity in Nigeria
The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Neiti)
The Olusegun Obasanjo Administration and the Niger Delta Question, 1999-2007
Of Barrenness and Witchcraft
Capital, the State, and Environmental Pollution in Nigeria
Introducing Nigeria at fifty
Oil pollution and water conflicts in the riverine communities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region
Between elite protectionism and popular resistance
Peace and security concerns in the Niger Delta
Environmental pollution, variegated violence
From the Ompadec to the NDDC
The Effect of Civil Society Organizations and Democratization Aid on Civil War Onset
Regional Inequalities and Civil Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Towards a New Political Economy of the Niger Delta Question in Nigeria
The Rentier State
Gatekeeping practices in global environmental politics
The political lives of ex-militant leaders in Nigeria's Niger Delta
Counting the development costs of the conflict in North-Eastern Nigeria
Ghana's petroleum industry
Brothers or others in arms? Civilian constituencies and rebel fragmentation in civil war
Greed, grievance, or graduates? Why do men rebel
Petrobusiness and Security Threats in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,13 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 44 |