Description: Further DetailsTitle: Overcoming Boko HaramCondition: NewSubtitle: Faith, Society & Islamic Radicalization in Northern NigeriaISBN-10: 1847013287EAN: 9781847013286ISBN: 9781847013286Publisher: James CurreyFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/14/2022Description: A comparative, whole-of-society approach to the Boko Haram insurgency that offers a more nuanced understanding of the risks, resilience and resolution of violent radicalization in Nigeria and beyond.It is now more than a decade since the violent Islamic group Boko Haram launched its reign of terror across northern Nigeria, claiming more than 27,000 lives and displacing over 2 million people. While its territorial gains have largely been recaptured, the insurgency rages on, devastating communities across vast stretches of the north-east and disrupting governance, livelihoods and food security, as well as posing a security risk to Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Less attention is paid to the pervasive popular rejection of violent extremism on the ground. How did a diverse and economically dynamic West African society unravel so violently, and for so long? Why does radicalizationhave so little influence on large Muslim populations in surrounding areas, such as the Yoruba in south-western Nigeria, or the poor ethnically similar Muslim majority in central Niger just north of the border? This book looks beyond the details of the insurgency to examine the wider social and political processes that explain why Boko Haram emerged when and where it did, and what forces exist within society to contain it. Drawing on the detailed fieldworkof specialist Nigerian and Nigerianist scholars from Nigeria, connecting the worst of Boko Haram violence to the wider realities of the present, the book offers new insights into the drivers of Islamic extremism in Nigeria - poverty, regional inequality, environmental stress, migration, youth unemployment, and state corruption and human rights abuses - with a view to charting more sustainable paths out of the conflict. Nigeria: Premium Times BooksLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmContributor: Zainab Usman (Contributions by), David Ehrhardt (Contributions by), Ibrahim Umara (Contributions by), Kate Meagher (Contributions by), Sherine El Taraboulsi (Contributions by), Abdourahmane Idrissa (Contributions by), Kate Meagher (Edited by), Abubakar Kawu Monguno (Contributions by), Abdul Raufu Mustapha (Contributions by), M. Sani Umar (Contributions by), Murray Last (Contributions by), Abdul Raufu Mustapha (Edited by), Julie G. Sanda (Contributions by), Ibrahim Haruna Hassan (Contributions by), Khadija Gambo Hawaja (Contributions by)Genre: Society & CultureBook Series: Western Africa SeriesTopic: Social Sciences, Philosophy & SpiritualityItem Weight: 1gAuthor: Zainab UsmanRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Overcoming Boko Haram
Title: Overcoming Boko Haram
Subtitle: Faith, Society & Islamic Radicalization in Northern Nigeria
ISBN-10: 1847013287
EAN: 9781847013286
ISBN: 9781847013286
Release Date: 06/14/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: Khadija Gambo Hawaja (Contributions by)
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Overcoming Boko Haram : Faith, Society and Islamic Radicalization in Northern Nigeria
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Ethnic Studies / General, Political Process / General, Sociology / General, Religion, Politics & State
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.2 Oz
Subject Area: Religion, Political Science, Social Science
Author: Abubakar Kawu Monguno
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Series: Western Africa Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
