Traditional Authority and Security in Contemporary Nigeria
Exploring 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, r...
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| description | Exploring 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1221712025-07-31T11:43:07Z Traditional Authority and Security in Contemporary Nigeria Ehrhardt, David Oladimeji Alao, David Umar, M. Sani Conflict;Contemporary Nigeria;Emirs;Ezes;Kings;Nigeria's Fourth Republic;Obas;Peace;Security;Security Governance;Traditional Authority Exploring 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. 2023-11-17T09:40:21Z 2023-11-17T09:40:21Z 2023-11-08T12:49:04Z 2024 book OCN: 1409541131 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/79406 9781032550268 9781003428596 9781032550190 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/122171 eng Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79406/1/9781003829966.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79406/1/9781003829966.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79406/1/9781003829966.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79406/1/9781003829966.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003428596 10.4324/9781003428596 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781032550268 9781003428596 9781032550190 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge African Studies 2023-2025 Routledge 313 open access |
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| title | Traditional Authority and Security in Contemporary Nigeria |
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| topic | Conflict;Contemporary Nigeria;Emirs;Ezes;Kings;Nigeria's Fourth Republic;Obas;Peace;Security;Security Governance;Traditional Authority |
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