Environment and Conflict

Informationen zum Autor John Agbonifo is a senior lecturer at the Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria. Zusammenfassung Examining the case of the Ogoni struggle against the Shell oil company, Agbonifo argues for a decolonization of the environment and to see it from the perspective of local communities. Exploring the material, symbolic, provincial and nationalist dimensions of Ogoni motivation, this book is the first serious attempt to discuss these issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 – Environment and Conflict Chapter 2 – Context Matters: Ogoni and Place Making Chapter 3 – Locale: Political and Cultural Context of Mobilisation Chapter 4 - Landscape, Capital and Violence Chapter 5 - Why the Ogoni Mobilised Chapter 6 – From Grievances to Micro-mobilisation : How the Ogoni Mobilised Chapter 7 – Cultural Basis of Mobilisation Chapter 8 - Mobilisation: A Place for Moral Motivation? Chapter 9 - Place and Limit of Mobilisation Chapter 10 – Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: John Agbonifo, John (Osun State University Agbonifo, Agbonifo John, John Agbonifo
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2016
• EAN: 9781409437338
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-3733-8
• Series: Transforming Environmental Politics and Policy; Transforming Environmental Politics and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Nigeria, NATURE / Natural Resources, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Political Economy, Environmental Management, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Environmental policy and protocols