Youth Violence and Human Security in Nigeria

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5933763
AutoresKingsley Emeka Ezemenaka (0000-0001-5191-2948, University of Hradec Králové, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen10
Número7
Páginas267
Fecha de publicación2021-07-12
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci10070267
OpenAlexW3182239195
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas19

The failures of governance and statehood in Nigeria breed an anarchical or disruptive system in the state and provide a platform for youth violence and justification for disruptive behaviour against the state systems and structures. Contributing to the available research, this study shifts its focus to understand and address the linkage of disruptive behaviour by studying and discussing Human Security through the lens of youth violence in Nigeria. In doing so, this study adopts a mixed method approach of quantitative and qualitative data with Ted Robert Gurr's theory of relative deprivation to investigate, analyse and discuss the issues herein. From the findings, cultism and ethnic factors were identified as major causes of youth violence among others. Thus, effective institutions, quality education, economic and security regional or geopolitical zones programs is noted as a means to address youth violence in Nigeria

Business · Corporate governance · Criminology · Ethnic group · Geopolitics · Human security · Political science · Qualitative property · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Structural violence · Law · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence