The Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria Beyond News and Rumours /
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| Summary: | VI, 333 p. 16 illus., 12 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024. |
| Series: | Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47168-1 |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Beyond News and Rumours: Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria
- Chapter 2. One Means, Multiple Ends: A Strategic Framework of Understanding Kidnapping in Nigeria
- Chapter 3. History of Kidnapping in Nigeria
- Chapter 4. Ungoverned spaces and Kidnapping in Nigeria
- Chapter 5. Oil-related kidnapping in the Niger Delta
- Chapter 6. Boko Haram and Kidnapping in Nigeria
- Chapter 7. Armed Banditry and Kidnapping in Nigeria
- Chapter 8. Kidnapping for Ransom
- Chapter 9. Kidnapping for Ritual
- Chapter 10. Kidnapping and Baby Factory in Nigeria
- Chapter 11. Human Trafficking as Kidnapping by Other Means
- Chapter 12. Gender Dimensions of Kidnapping in Nigeria
- Chapter 13. Nigeria and the Transnationalisation of Kidnapping in the Lake Chad Region and the Gulf of Guinea
- Chapter 14. Kidnapping for Ransom (K4R) and the Challenges of Nigeria's International Image
- Chapter 15. State responses to the menace of kidnapping in Nigeria
- Chapter 16. Non-state responses to kidnapping in Nigeria
- Chapter 17. Kidnapping and Hostage Negotiation in Nigeria
- Chapter 18. Journalism practice in an era of hostage taking: Media coverage of kidnappings in Nigeria
- Chapter 19. Concluding Reflections: On the Political Economy of Kidnapping in Nigeria.