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Gulliver's Troubles offers the first comprehensive assessment of
the post-Cold War foreign policy of Nigeria one of Africa's most
important states. Expert contributors, comprising academics and
scholar-diplomats, analyze Nigeria's most vital domestic challenges
and critical regional issues from historical and contemporary
perspectives. Nigeria's relations with its neighbors, other
significant states, and regional and international bodies also come
under scrutiny. The debates here, while multifaceted, share the
premise that an effective foreign policy must be built on a sound
domestic base and democratic stability.
A comparative, whole-of-society approach to the Boko Haram
insurgency that offers a more nuanced understanding of the risks,
resilience and resolution of violent radicalization in Nigeria and
beyond. It is now more than a decade since the violent Islamic
group Boko Haram launched its reign of terror across northern
Nigeria, claiming more than 27,000 lives and displacing over 2
million people. While its territorial gains have largely been
recaptured, the insurgency rages on, devastating communities across
vast stretches of the north-east and disrupting governance,
livelihoods and food security, as well as posing a security risk to
Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Less attention is paid to the pervasive
popular rejection of violent extremism on the ground. How did a
diverse and economically dynamic West African society unravel so
violently, and for so long? Why does radicalizationhave so little
influence on large Muslim populations in surrounding areas, such as
the Yoruba in south-western Nigeria, or the poor ethnically similar
Muslim majority in central Niger just north of the border? This
book looks beyond the details of the insurgency to examine the
wider social and political processes that explain why Boko Haram
emerged when and where it did, and what forces exist within society
to contain it. Drawing on the detailed fieldworkof specialist
Nigerian and Nigerianist scholars from Nigeria, connecting the
worst of Boko Haram violence to the wider realities of the present,
the book offers new insights into the drivers of Islamic extremism
in Nigeria - poverty, regional inequality, environmental stress,
migration, youth unemployment, and state corruption and human
rights abuses - with a view to charting more sustainable paths out
of the conflict. Nigeria: Premium Times Books
This book explores the ways in which political settlements can
contribute to positive changes in Africa's agricultural and
manufacturing sectors. Contemporary Africa has seen many
governments, donors, and commercial private enterprises supporting
innovative agricultural and agroprocessing schemes with the purpose
of diversifying economies. However, many of the schemes collapse or
at best fail to generate the needed jobs. Focusing on case studies
in Kenya, Nigeria, and Ethiopia, this book takes an
interdisciplinary approach that combines economic analysis, life
histories, policy approaches methods, and political economy theory
to reframe the field with new questions. The contributors offer
alternative explanations for the failure of employment creation
schemes in Africa and show how political settlements can bring
together stakeholders to settle on win-win approaches to productive
employment schemes and inclusive development. Providing new
insights on the political economy of agrarian and labour relations
in Africa, this book will be of interest to policy actors and
development practitioners wishing to support inclusive growth in
Africa, as well as to scholars of African politics and economics,
public policy, and development.
Analyses the complexities of Christian-Muslim conflict that
threatens the fragile democracy of Nigeria, and the implications
for global peace and security. In northern Nigeria, high levels of
ethnic diversity have coincided with acute polarization between
Muslims and Christians, increasingly fuelling violent conflict. The
climate of insecurity threatens northern Nigeria's development,
accentuates the inequalities between it and the rest of the
country, and undermines the attempt to stabilize democracy in the
country. Externally, fears have also been expressed that Islamist
movements in northern Nigeria form part of a wider network
constituting a threat to global peace and security. Refuting a
"clash of civilizations" between Muslims and Christians, the
authors of this new study highlight the multiplicity of Muslim and
Christian groups contending for influence and relevance, and the
doctrinal, political and historical drivers of conflict and
violence between and within them. They analyse three of the most
contentious issues: the conflicts in Jos; the Boko Haram
insurgency; and the challenges of legal pluralism posed by the
declaration of full Sharia law in 12 Muslim majority states.
Finally, they suggest appropriate and effective policy responses at
local, national and international levels, discussing the importance
of informal institutions as avenues for peace-building and the
complementarities between local and national dynamics in the search
for peace. Abdul Raufu Mustapha is Associate Professor in African
Politics, University of Oxford. David Ehrhardt is Assistant
Professor of International Development at Leiden University
College. Companion volume: Sects & Social Disorder: Muslim
Identities &Conflict in Northern Nigeria edited by Abdul Raufu
Mustapha (James Currey 2014) Nigeria: Premium Times Books
A comparative, whole-of-society approach to the Boko Haram
insurgency that offers a more nuanced understanding of the risks,
resilience and resolution of violent radicalization in Nigeria and
beyond. It is now more than a decade since the violent Islamic
group Boko Haram launched its reign of terror across northern
Nigeria, claiming more than 27,000 lives and displacing over 2
million people. While its territorial gains have largely been
recaptured, the insurgency rages on, devastating communities across
vast stretches of the north-east and disrupting governance,
livelihoods and food security, as well as posing a security risk to
Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Less attention is paid to the pervasive
popular rejection of violent extremism on the ground. How did a
diverse and economically dynamic West African society unravel so
violently, and for so long? Why does radicalizationhave so little
influence on large Muslim populations in surrounding areas, such as
the Yoruba in south-western Nigeria, or the poor ethnically similar
Muslim majority in central Niger just north of the border? This
book looks beyond the details of the insurgency to examine the
wider social and political processes that explain why Boko Haram
emerged when and where it did, and what forces exist within society
to contain it. Drawing on the detailed fieldworkof specialist
Nigerian and Nigerianist scholars from Nigeria, connecting the
worst of Boko Haram violence to the wider realities of the present,
the book offers new insights into the drivers of Islamic extremism
in Nigeria - poverty, regional inequality, environmental stress,
migration, youth unemployment, and state corruption and human
rights abuses - with a view to charting more sustainable paths out
of the conflict. Nigeria: Premium Times Books
Analyses Muslim-Muslim divisions within northern Nigeria, which are
as important for understanding the violence in the region as those
between Muslim and Christian (for which, see the companion volume,
Creed and Grievance),with consequences for long-term peacemaking.
Nigerian society has long been perceived as divided along religious
lines, between Muslims and Christians, but alongside this there is
an equally important polarization within the Muslim population in
beliefs, rituals and sectarian allegiance. This book highlights the
crucial issue of intra-Muslim pluralism and conflict in Nigeria.
Conflicting interpretations of texts and contexts have led to
fragmentation within northern Nigerian Islam, and differentIslamic
sects have often resorted to violence against each other in pursuit
of 'the right path'. The doctrinal justification of violence was
first perfected against other Muslim groups, before being extended
to non-Muslims: conflict between Muslim groups therefore preceded
the violence between Muslims and Christians. It will be impossible
to manage the relationship between the latter, without addressing
the schisms within the Muslim community itself. Nigeria: Premium
Times Books Abdul Raufu Mustapha is Associate Professor in African
Politics, University of Oxford. His publications include (co-edited
with Lindsey Whitfield) Turning Points in African Democracy (James
Currey, 2009). Forthcoming: Creed & Grievance: Muslims,
Christians & Society in Northern Nigeria edited by Abdul Raufu
Mustapha and David Ehrhardt.
PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY Analyses Muslim-Muslim divisions
within northern Nigeria, which are as important for understanding
the violence in the region as those between Muslim and Christian
(for which, see the companion volume, Creed and Grievance), with
consequences for long-term peacemaking. Nigerian society has long
been perceived as divided along religious lines, between Muslims
and Christians, but alongside this there is an equally important
polarization within the Muslim population in beliefs, rituals and
sectarian allegiance. This book highlights the crucial issue of
intra-Muslim pluralism and conflict in Nigeria. Conflicting
interpretations of texts and contexts have led to fragmentation
within northern Nigerian Islam, and differentIslamic sects have
often resorted to violence against each other in pursuit of 'the
right path'. The doctrinal justification of violence was first
perfected against other Muslim groups, before being extended to
non-Muslims: conflict between Muslim groups therefore preceded the
violence between Muslims and Christians. It will be impossible to
manage the relationship between the latter, without addressing the
schisms within the Muslim community itself. Nigeria: Premium Times
Books Abdul Raufu Mustapha is Associate Professor in African
Politics, University of Oxford. His publications include (co-edited
with Lindsey Whitfield) Turning Points in African Democracy (James
Currey, 2009).
Analyses the complexities of Christian-Muslim conflict that
threaten the fragile democracy of Nigeria, and the implications for
global peace and security. In northern Nigeria, high levels of
ethnic diversity have resulted in acute polarization between
Muslims and Christians, increasingly fuelling violent conflict. The
climate of insecurity threatens northern Nigeria's development,
accentuates the inequalities between it and the rest of the
country, and undermines the attempt to stabilize democracy in the
country. Externally, fears have also been expressed that Islamist
movements in northern Nigeria form partof a wider network
constituting a threat to global peace and security. Refuting a
"clash of civilizations" between Muslims and Christians, the
authors of this new study highlight the multiplicity of Muslim and
Christiangroups contending for influence and relevance, and the
doctrinal, political and historical drivers of conflict and
violence between and within them. They analyse some of the region's
most contentious issues: conflict and peacebuilding in Jos; the
Boko Haram insurgency; the informal economy; and the challenges of
legal pluralism posed by the declaration of "full" Sharia law in 12
Muslim-majority states. Finally, they suggest appropriate and
effective policyresponses at local, national, and international
levels, discussing the importance of informal institutions as
avenues for peace-building and the complementarities between local
and national dynamics in the search for peace. Abdul Raufu Mustapha
(deceased 2017), was Associate Professor in African Politics,
University of Oxford. David Ehrhardt is Assistant Professor of
International Development at Leiden University College, The
Netherlands. Companion volume: Sects & Social Disorder: Muslim
Identities & Conflict in Northern Nigeria edited by Abdul Raufu
Mustapha (James Currey 2014) Nigeria: Premium Times Books
A team of scholars examine the radical political changes that have
taken place since 1990 in eleven key countries in Africa. Radical
changes have taken place in Africa since 1990. What are the
realities of these changes? What significant differences have
emerged between African countries? What is the future for democracy
in the continent? The editors have chosen eleven key countries to
provide enlightening comparisons and contrasts to stimulate
discussion among students. They have brought together a team of
scholars who are actively working in the changing Africa of
today.Each chapter is structured around a framing event which
defines the experience of democratisation. The editors have
provided an overview of the turning points in African politics.
They engage with debates on how to study andevaluate democracy in
Africa, such as the limits of elections. They identify four major
themes with which to examine similarities and divergences as well
as to explain change and continuity in what happened in the past.
Abdul Raufu Mustapha is University Lecturer in African Politics at
Queen Elizabeth House and Kirk-Greene Fellow at St Antony's
College, University of Oxford; Lindsay Whitfield is a Research
Fellow at the Danish Institute of International Studies,
Copenhagen.
Analyses Muslim-Muslim divisions within northern Nigeria, which are
as important for understanding the violence in the region as those
between Muslim and Christian (for which, see the companion volume,
Creed and Grievance),with consequences for long-term peacemaking.
Nigerian society has long been perceived as divided along religious
lines, between Muslims and Christians, but alongside this there is
an equally important polarization within the two faiths. Within the
Muslim population differences in beliefs, rituals and sectarian
allegiance have had profound consequences for public order. This
book highlights the crucial issue of intra-Muslim pluralism and
conflict in Nigeria. Conflicting interpretations of texts and
contexts have led to fragmentation within northern Nigerian Islam,
and different Islamic sects have often resorted to violence against
each other in pursuit of "the right path". The doctrinal
justification of violence was firstperfected against other Muslim
groups, before being extended to non-Muslims: conflict between
Muslim groups therefore preceded the violence between Muslims and
Christians. It will be impossible to manage the relationship
betweenthe latter, without addressing the schisms within the Muslim
community itself. Nigeria: Premium Times Books Abdul Raufu Mustapha
is Associate Professor of African Politics, University of Oxford.
His publications include (co-edited with Lindsey Whitfield) Turning
Points in African Democracy(James Currey, 2009).
A team of scholars examine the radical political changes that have
taken place since 1990 in eleven key countries in Africa. Radical
changes have taken place in Africa since 1990. What are the
realities of these changes? What significant differences have
emerged between African countries? What is the future for democracy
in the continent? The editors have chosen eleven key countries to
provide enlightening comparisons and contrasts to stimulate
discussion among students. They have brought together a team of
scholars who are actively working in the changing Africa of
today.Each chapter is structured around a framing event which
defines the experience of democratisation. The editors have
provided an overview of the turning points in African politics.
They engage with debates on how to study andevaluate democracy in
Africa, such as the limits of elections. They identify four major
themes with which to examine similarities and divergences as well
as to explain change and continuity in what happened in the past.
ABDUL RAUFU MUSTAPHA is University Lecturer in African Politics at
Queen Elizabeth House and Kirk-Greene Fellow at St Antony's
College, University of Oxford; LINDSAY WHITFIELD is a Research
Fellow at the Danish Institute of International Studies,
Copenhagen.
PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY Analyses the complexities of
Christian-Muslim conflict that threatens the fragile democracy of
Nigeria, and the implications for global peace and security.
Nigeria: Premium TimesBooks In northern Nigeria, high levels of
ethnic diversity have coincided with acute polarization between
Muslims and Christians, increasingly fuelling violent conflict. The
climate of insecurity threatens northern Nigeria's development,
accentuates the inequalities between it and the rest of the
country, and undermines the attempt to stabilize democracy in the
country. Externally, fears have also been expressed that Islamist
movements in northern Nigeria form part of a wider network
constituting a threat to global peace and security. Refuting a
"clash of civilizations" between Muslims and Christians, the
authors of this new study highlight the multiplicity of Muslim and
Christian groups contending for influence and relevance, and the
doctrinal, political and historical drivers of conflict and
violence between and within them. They analyse some of the region's
most contentious issues: conflict and peacebuilding in Jos; the
Boko Haram insurgency; the informal economy; and the challenges of
legal pluralism posed by the declaration of "full" Sharia law in 12
Muslim-majority states. Finally, they suggest appropriate and
effective policy responses at local, national, and international
levels, discussing the importance of informal institutions as
avenues for peace-building and the complementarities between local
and national dynamics in the search for peace. Abdul Raufu Mustapha
is Associate Professor in African Politics, University of Oxford;
David Ehrhardt is Assistant Professor of International Development
at Leiden University College. Companion volume: Sects &Social
Disorder: Muslim Identities & Conflict in Northern Nigeria
edited by Abdul Raufu Mustapha (James Currey 2014) Nigeria: Premium
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