Have we heard the last? Oil, environmental insecurity, and the impact of the amnesty programme on the Niger Delta resistance movement

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2013

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Agbiboa, Daniel

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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

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The paper draws on the theories of relative deprivation (RD) and Edward Azar's protracted social conflicts (PSC) to explain how the twin woes of oil and environmental insecurity are implicated in the Niger Delta conflict. The paper presents a new empirica

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Keywords: environmental impact; social conflict; theoretical study; Niger Delta; Nigeria amnesty programme; environmental security; MEND; Niger Delta

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Review of African Political Economy

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