| Conflict Resolution, Identity Crisis, and Development in Africa Contributor(s): Bassey, Celestine (Editor), Oshita, Oshita (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9780232192 ISBN-13: 9789780232191 Publisher: Malthouse Press OUR PRICE: $62.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 303 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Conflict manifestations and the development crisis in Africa are addressed by contributions from sixteen eminent Nigerian scholars and researchers in policy and strategic studies. The volume addresses the ontological linkage between the prevalent crisis of underdevelopment and political instability in the continent, resulting in mass poverty, stagflation, uneven development, alienation, mounting external debts and periodic outbreak of violence and military coup d'etats. There is a thematic overview, a section on identity crisis, and on conflict resolution and development in Africa. Amongst the issues covered are language, structures of communication, ethnicity, power sharing, culture, epidemiology of convlict and violence in Nigera, political stability, economic development, and a case analysis of the Niger Delta in relation to resources and conflict. Celestine Bassey is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Calabar and currently the Commissioner of Education, Cross River State, Calabar. Oshita Oshita is the director of research and policy analysis at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution at The Presidency in Abuja. |
