Living Through Crisis By Lake Chad - Violence, Labor and Resources

The book investigates the ways in which people in the Lake Chad region that divides Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon deal with the crises of violence, jihadism, drought, and climate change that continue to afflict the area. It will be of interest to researchers across African studies, security studies, and political science.

List of contents

INTRODUCTION PART I - PATTERNS OF ACCUMULATION AND DISPOSSESSION IN THE SAHEL 1. LINES: Rethinking Power Networks, Labor and Resources in the Sahel 2. SPACE, SUBJECTS, GATEWAYS: Forging Techniques of Power in the Sahel PART II - LIVING THROUGH CRISES BY LAKE CHAD 3. RAIDERS OF THE LOST WEALTH: Accumulation, Dispersal, Dispossession 4. LE DÉRAPAGE: The Boko Haram Crisis by Lake Chad 5. NAVIGATING THE MESHWORK: Map-Reading an (Armed) Landscape PART III - NEGOTIATING LIVELIHOODS AT THE FRONTIER 6. FEAR AND FLOATING, I: Networks, Capital, Power 7. FEAR AND FLOATING, II: Agency, Labor, (Crushed) Utopia POSTSCRIPT

About the author

Alessio Iocchi is a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway, and Research Fellow at the Department of Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean at University of Naples L'Orientale, Italy.

Summary

The book investigates the ways in which people in the Lake Chad region that divides Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon deal with the crises of violence, jihadism, drought, and climate change that continue to afflict the area. It will be of interest to researchers across African studies, security studies, and political science.

Product details

• Authors: Alessio Iocchi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781032155296
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3215529-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nigeria, Niger, Politics & government, Chad, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Cameroon, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies