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Rural Violence in Contemporary Nigeria The State, Criminality and National Security
The book explores the pressing problem of rural violence in contemporary Nigeria by assessing the changing patterns of conflict and response across the country.
Rural violence in Nigeria is becoming an increasingly pressing concern, with cattle rustling, banditry, kidnapping and farmer-herder conflicts putting immense pressure on the state’s institutional preparedness and the response capacity of the government, military and other security agencies. Drawing from the expertise of a wide range of African development, governance and security researchers and practitioners, this book assesses the severity of the current problem of rural violence, and provides a critical analysis of the various national and state responses to rural violence in Nigeria. Ultimately, the book aims to provide suggestions for restoring peace, security and development in Nigeria.
This book will be of interest to scholars, researchers and administrators across Political Science, Security Studies, Rural Studies, and Regional Studies in Africa.
Chapter 1: Introduction: The State, Rural Violence and National Security in Contemporary Nigeria Usman A. Tar and Bashir Bala PART I: CONCEPTUAL AND CONTEXTUAL PARAMETERS Chapter 2: Origin and Evolution of Cattle Rustling and Banditry in Nigeria Saliba B. James Chapter 3: Political Power Play, the Law and Rural Conflicts in Nigeria Yikwabs Peter Yikwab, Babatunde Moses Kayode, and Temitope Oriola Chapter 4: Peacebuilding, Fragility, Cattle Rustling and Armed Banditry in Nigeria Chris AM Kwaja and Emah, Ephraim Bassey PART II: TRIGGERS OF RURAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA Chapter 5: Ecological Disasters, Climate Change and Rural Violence in Nigeria Taiye Oluwafemi Adewuyi and Cyril Kanayochukwu Ezeamaka Chapter 6: Resource War and Rural Violence in Nigeria: The Case of Farmer-Herder Conflict Haruna Dantaro Dlakwa Chapter 7: Kidnapping for Ransom, Cattle Rustling, and Armed Banditry as Emerging "Sources of Quick Wealth" in Nigeria Sharkdam Wapmuk Chapter 8: Socio-Economic Impact of Rural Banditry and Cattle Rustling in Nigeria’s North West Mubarak Ahmed Mashi Chapter 9: Biting the Fingers that Feed: Militias and Rural Host Communities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Anthony Rufus and Jude Cocodia PART III: EMERGING RESPONSES Chapter 10: The State, Governance and Crisis of Security: The Management of Rural Violence in Fourth Republic Nufaisah Garba Ahmed Chapter 11: National and State Institutional Responses to Cattle Rustling and Armed Banditry in Northern Nigeria Freedom C. Onuoha, Joachim Chukwuma Okafor and Anthony Okafo PART IV: CONCLUSION Chapter 13: The Management of Rural Violence in Nigeria: The Way Forward Bashir Bala and Usman A. Tar
Biography
Usman A. Tar is Endowed Professor of Defence and Security Studies at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). He is also Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences as well as the founding Director of the Centre for Early Warning Studies at the same institution.
Bashir Bala is a doctoral candidate for PhD Strategy and Security Studies at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. He graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), commissioned at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom, and thereafter attended Shijiazhuang Mechanized Infantry Academy for Basic and Advanced Special Operations Courses, China.
