Kenneth Omeje

High Stakes and Stakeholders

Oil Conflict and Security in Nigeria

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Nigeria is Africa's largest oil producing country. Oil generates enormous wealth but also extensive and devastating conflict in the country. High Stakes and Stakeholders critically explores the oil conflict in Nigeria, its evolution, dynamics and most significantly, the interplay and consequences of high stake politics for the reproduction and persistence of the conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9781138264502
• ISBN-10: 1138264504
• Artikelnr.: 57040123

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Omeje, Professor of International Relations at the United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: the rentier space
The domestic security environment and perspectives on the Nigerian oil conflict
The historical and institutional contexts of the oil conflict
Ahead of the game: Shell's responsiveness to domestic threats
Relatively at ease: ExxonMobil's oil operations and security threats
Chevron's oil operations and security threats: doing business in the 'Battle Frontline'
The state and management of the oil conflict
Key oil stakeholders, security and security sector reform
Discussion and conclusion
Bibliography
Index.