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Title:

ENVIRONMENT AND CONFLICT
THE PLACE AND LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION IN THE NIGER DELTA

By:

John Agbonifo

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Hardback

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1409437337

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

28 March, 2017

Series:

Transforming Environmental Politics and Policy

Pages:

200

Synopsis:

The fast growing problem of environmental degradation not only threatens to erode future development and undermine economic prosperity, but also victimizes and displaces ordinary peoples and communities in some of the most fragile areas of the world. Often grassroots opposition and mobilization is seen through a secular lens, implying that collective action is merely material and provincial. In this book John Agbonifo argues for a decolonization of the environment and to see the environment from the perspective of local communities. He examines the case of the Ogoni struggle against the Shell oil company, and asks how may we understand the struggle of the Ogoni against the state and Shell? Was the conflict merely about a minority ethnic drive at securing provincial advantages in distributional matters, or the legitimate actions of a local community aimed at preserving its environment and livelihood? By exploring the material and symbolic, provincial and nationalist dimensions of Ogoni motivation Agbonifo's book is the first serious attempt to discuss these issues.

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Gower Publishing Ltd

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