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dc.contributor.editorEhrhardt, David
dc.contributor.editorOladimeji Alao, David
dc.contributor.editorUmar, M. Sani
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-08T12:49:04Z
dc.date.available2023-11-08T12:49:04Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/79406
dc.description.abstractExploring the contentious landscape of Nigeria’s escalating violence, this book describes the changing roles of traditional authorities in combatting contemporary security challenges. Set against a backdrop of widespread security threats – including insurgency, land disputes, communal violence, regional independence movements, and widespread criminal activities – perhaps more than ever before, Nigeria’s conventional security infrastructure seems ill-equipped for the job. This book offers a fresh, empirical analysis of the roles of traditional authorities – including kings, Ezes, Obas, and Emirs – who are often hailed as potent alternatives to the state in security governance. It complicates the assumption that these traditional leaders, by virtue of their customary legitimacy and popular roots, are singularly effective in preventing and managing violence. Instead, in exploring their creative adaptation to governance roles after a dramatic postcolonial downturn, this book argues that traditional leaders can augment, but not substitute, the state in addressing insecurity. This book’s in-depth analysis will be of interest to researchers and policy makers across African and security studies, political science, anthropology, and development. David Ehrhardt is an Associate Professor of International Development at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His main research interests are African governance and educational innovation. David has published extensively on Nigeria and co-leads the Learning Mindset project that promotes autonomous learning in higher education. David Oladimeji Alao is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, and Chief of Staff to the President/Vice Chancellor, Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria. Professor Alao has authored several articles and 3 edited books. M. Sani Umar is a Professor in the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, University of Abuja, Nigeria. His research centres on religious vio- lence and peace building, with a focus on understanding the roots of religious conflict and the dynamics of religious pluralism.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRoutledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africaen_US
dc.subject.otherConflict;Contemporary Nigeria;Emirs;Ezes;Kings;Nigeria's Fourth Republic;Obas;Peace;Security;Security Governance;Traditional Authorityen_US
dc.titleTraditional Authority and Security in Contemporary Nigeriaen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003428596en_US
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oapen.relation.isbn9781032550268en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781003428596en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781032550190en_US
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oapen.imprintRoutledgeen_US
oapen.pages313en_US
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