Displacement and the Politics of Violence in Nigeria
Edited by Paul E. Lovejoy, York University, Canada and Pat Ama Tokunbo Williams, Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria
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Biographical note
Paul E. Lovejoy, Ph.D. (1973) in History at the University of Wisconsin, is Distinguished Research Professor at York University, Canada. He has published extensively on Nigerian history and African history more generally, including Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (Cambridge, 1983).
Pat Ama Tokunbo Williams, Ph.D. (1989) in Political Science at the University of Ibadan, is Senior Lecturer, Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria and Visiting Scholar, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada. Her publications include Religion and National Development in Nigeria, co-authored with Toyin Falola (1992).
Pat Ama Tokunbo Williams, Ph.D. (1989) in Political Science at the University of Ibadan, is Senior Lecturer, Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria and Visiting Scholar, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada. Her publications include Religion and National Development in Nigeria, co-authored with Toyin Falola (1992).
Readership
All those interested in contemporary world politics, refugee crises, military rule, ethnic politics, religious politics (Islam and Christianity), as well as political scientists, policy analysist, and NGO's.
Table of contents
Introduction, Paul E. Lovejoy and Pat Ama Tokunbo Williams
Nigeria in the Global Context of Refugees: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Toyin Falola
Political Instability and Displacement in Nigeria, Leo Dare
Religion, Violence and Displacement in Nigeria, Pat Ama Tokunbo Williams
The Politics of History: The Legacy of the Sokoto Caliphate in Nigeria, Jonathan T. Reynolds
Ecology, Identity, Developmentalism and Displacement in Northern Nigeria, Jonathan T. Reynolds
Shifting the Imbalance: The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Rural-Urban Population Movements in Northern Nigeria, Kate Meagher
Contemporary Dimensions of Migration among Historically Migrant Nigerians: Fulani Pastoralists in Southwestern Nigeria, Akanmu G. Adebayo
The Displacement of the Nigerian Academic Community, Ibrahim M. Jumare
Legalizing Displacement: The Legal Order in the Political Economy of Nigeria, Paul D. Ocheje
The New Nigeria: Displacement and the Nation, Michael Levin
Contributors
Nigeria in the Global Context of Refugees: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Toyin Falola
Political Instability and Displacement in Nigeria, Leo Dare
Religion, Violence and Displacement in Nigeria, Pat Ama Tokunbo Williams
The Politics of History: The Legacy of the Sokoto Caliphate in Nigeria, Jonathan T. Reynolds
Ecology, Identity, Developmentalism and Displacement in Northern Nigeria, Jonathan T. Reynolds
Shifting the Imbalance: The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Rural-Urban Population Movements in Northern Nigeria, Kate Meagher
Contemporary Dimensions of Migration among Historically Migrant Nigerians: Fulani Pastoralists in Southwestern Nigeria, Akanmu G. Adebayo
The Displacement of the Nigerian Academic Community, Ibrahim M. Jumare
Legalizing Displacement: The Legal Order in the Political Economy of Nigeria, Paul D. Ocheje
The New Nigeria: Displacement and the Nation, Michael Levin
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