CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Nkejiaka, Chuba Emmanuel |
|---|---|
| Title | Emergence of Ethnic Militia Movements in the Niger Delta Region: From Voice to Armed Struggle in the New Democratic Nigeria (1999-Till Present) |
| Summary | With enormous human and natural resources potentials, Nigeria occupies a strategic position in the development of the African continent. The Niger Delta ravaging conflicts remains one of the biggest challenges of the democratic era since 1999, which is the main concern of this research paper. Through qualitative analysis and evaluation of the theory of grievance and collective action and that of social deprivation model, this research work examines why the continued proliferation of militant groups in the Niger Delta area though, having a democratic government. The findings however, are that there seem to be no end in the near future to these conflicts and the proliferation of militia movements in the Niger Delta region. If issues such as neglect, deprivation and discrimination and resource control are not adequately taken care of the situation will remain the same. This research project agrees with the basic assumption that these issues of grievances, government’s interests and attitude towards these groups and lack of concrete developmental polices will further escalate the crisis in the region. |
| Supervisor | Miklosi Zoltan |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/nkejiaka_chuba-emmanuel.pdf |
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