Rural Violence in Contemporary Nigeria

Chapter 1: Introduction: The State, Rural Violence and National Security in Contemporary Nigeria Usman A. Tar and Bashir Bala PART I: CONCEPTUAL AND CONTEXTUAL PARAMETERS Chapter 2: Origin and Evolution of Cattle Rustling and Banditry in Nigeria Saliba B. James Chapter 3: Political Power Play, the Law and Rural Conflicts in Nigeria Yikwabs Peter Yikwab, Babatunde Moses Kayode, and Temitope Oriola Chapter 4: Peacebuilding, Fragility, Cattle Rustling and Armed Banditry in Nigeria Chris AM Kwaja and Emah, Ephraim Bassey PART II: TRIGGERS OF RURAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA Chapter 5: Ecological Disasters, Climate Change and Rural Violence in Nigeria Taiye Oluwafemi Adewuyi and Cyril Kanayochukwu Ezeamaka Chapter 6: Resource War and Rural Violence in Nigeria: The Case of Farmer-Herder Conflict Haruna Dantaro Dlakwa Chapter 7: Kidnapping for Ransom, Cattle Rustling, and Armed Banditry as Emerging "Sources of Quick Wealth" in Nigeria Sharkdam Wapmuk Chapter 8: Socio-Economic Impact of Rural Banditry and Cattle Rustling in Nigeria's North West Mubarak Ahmed Mashi Chapter 9: Biting the Fingers that Feed: Militias and Rural Host Communities in Nigeria's Niger Delta Anthony Rufus and Jude Cocodia PART III: EMERGING RESPONSES Chapter 10: The State, Governance and Crisis of Security: The Management of Rural Violence in Fourth Republic Nufaisah Garba Ahmed Chapter 11: National and State Institutional Responses to Cattle Rustling and Armed Banditry in Northern Nigeria Freedom C. Onuoha, Joachim Chukwuma Okafor and Anthony Okafo PART IV: CONCLUSION Chapter 13: The Management of Rural Violence in Nigeria: The Way Forward Bashir Bala and Usman A. Tar