Shell Oil Company And Social Justice In The Niger Delta
DOWNLOAD
Download Shell Oil Company And Social Justice In The Niger Delta PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Shell Oil Company And Social Justice In The Niger Delta book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Shell Oil Company And Social Justice In The Niger Delta
DOWNLOAD
Author : Emile Aide Edokpayi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Shell Oil Company And Social Justice In The Niger Delta written by Emile Aide Edokpayi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Nigeria categories.
This thesis examines the importance of oil to the Nigerian economy and the relationship between Nigeria's ruling elite and Shell's executives with a view to understand the nature and causes of the Ogoni crisis. The research study discussed the deplorable plight of the Ogonis whose oil wealth generates the income that sustains the Nigerian economy. Rather than enjoy the benefits of their oil wealth, they are short changed and beset with abject poverty, lack of infrastructure and social services. This study formulated three hypotheses. First, Shell's presence has stifled the development process of the Ogoni region. Secondly, the Nigerian state has failed to enforce its environmental laws. Thirdly, there is an unholy alliance between Shell and the Nigerian ruling class. The research utilized secondary sources and was conducted in a descriptive and qualitative fashion. The study concluded that the failure of the Nigerian government to enforce the country's environmental laws and police the activities of Shell Petroleum Development Company has led to series of political, socio-economic and environmental crises in the Ogoni region. -- Abstract.
Where Vultures Feast
DOWNLOAD
Author : Ike Okonta
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2020-05-05
Where Vultures Feast written by Ike Okonta and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-05 with Technology & Engineering categories.
On February 22, 1895, a naval force laid siege to Brass, the chief city of the Ijo people of Nembe in Nigeria's Niger Delta. After severe fighting, the city was razed. More than two thousand people perished in the attack. A hundred years later, the world was shocked by the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa-writer, political activist, and leader of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People. Again the people of Nembe were locked in a grim life-and-death struggle to safeguard their livelihood from two forces: a series of corrupt and repressive Nigerian governments and the giant multinational Royal Dutch Shell. Ike Okonta and Oronto Douglas present a devastating case against the world's largest oil company, demonstrating how (in contrast to Shell's public profile) irresponsible practices have degraded agricultural land and left a people destitute. The plunder of the Niger Delta has turned full circle as crude oil has taken the place of palm oil, but the dramatis personae remain the same: a powerful multinational company bent on extracting the last drop of blood from the richly endowed Niger Delta, and a courageous people determined to resist.
Shell Petroleum Development Company The State And Underdevelopment Of Nigeria S Niger Delta
DOWNLOAD
Author : Daniel A. Omoweh
language : en
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Release Date : 2005
Shell Petroleum Development Company The State And Underdevelopment Of Nigeria S Niger Delta written by Daniel A. Omoweh and has been published by Africa Research and Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Business & Economics categories.
Shell Oil Company In Nigeria
DOWNLOAD
Author : Professor Kato Gogo Kingston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Shell Oil Company In Nigeria written by Professor Kato Gogo Kingston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the She oil company, through investment and crude oil exploration, benefits socio-economic growth in Nigeria in general and in the Niger Delta of Nigeria in particular. In 1998, the United Nations Special Rapporteur's report on Nigeria accused Nigeria and Shell of violating human rights and failing to protect the environment, and called for an investigation into Shell activities in Nigeria. The report condemned Shell for arming the security forces which it regularly deploy to use lethal force civilians that protest against the oil firm.” The paper explores the matrix within which the socio-economic rights (human rights, development rights and environmental rights) have been significantly marginalised and the implications of the lack corporate social responsibility and the lack of accountability of Shell to the inhabitants of the Niger Delta of Nigeria. With respect to environmental obligations, the paper discusses how environmental degradation in the Niger Delta has infringed on human rights thereby impeding growth and economic development. The paper suggests possible future directions and initiatives for civil society in making corporations more accountable to the states, citizens and the planet.
Towards Corporate Responsibility In The Niger Delta
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Towards Corporate Responsibility In The Niger Delta written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Environmental policy categories.
The Unfinished Revolution In Nigeria S Niger Delta
DOWNLOAD
Author : Cyril Obi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-06-04
The Unfinished Revolution In Nigeria S Niger Delta written by Cyril Obi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-04 with Political Science categories.
The 1990s heralded waves of spectacular forms of local resistance and globalized protest against oil exploitation and environmental pollution in oil-producing regions of the developing world. One of the most spectacular local uprisings against global oil multinationals was led by the Ogoni people who were protesting against the exploitation and marginalization of oil-producing ethnic minority communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. However, the hanging on November 10, 1995 of nine Ogoni ethnic minority and environmental justice activists, including Ken Saro-Wiwa, only served to exacerbate protests in later years. Within a decade, dozens of locally rooted insurgent groups emerged in the Niger Delta and construed themselves as part of the social movement for ethnic minority rights and environmental justice which dates back to colonial times. However, the trajectory of the revolutionary momentum has changed over time, reflecting a mix of progressive, opportunistic and retrogressive trends. This book provides a critical study of the trajectory of struggles in the Niger Delta since 1995, paying attention to continuities and changes, including recent developments linked to the shift from local resistance, to the rupturing of the Presidential Amnesty peace deal (largely to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) and the resurgence low-intensity sporadic armed militancy—led by the Niger Delta Avengers militia among others. The contributors critically interrogate the nature of the region’s political economy, socio-economic trends and trajectories over the past two decades. This collection also accentuates the lessons learnt, prospects for self-determination, socio-economic and environmental justice and peace in the aftermath of the hanging.
Oil And Insurgency In The Niger Delta
DOWNLOAD
Author : Cyril Obi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-02-10
Oil And Insurgency In The Niger Delta written by Cyril Obi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-10 with Political Science categories.
The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns. This book analyses the causes, dynamics and politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drivers of the conflict, as well as the ways the crises spawned by the political economy of oil and contradictions within Nigeria's ethnic politics have contributed to the morphing of initially poorly coordinated, largely non-violent protests into a pan-Delta insurgency. Approaching the issue from a number of perspectives, the book offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of the varied dimensions of the conflict. Combining empirically-based and analytic chapters, it attempts to explain the causes of the escalation in violence, the various actors, levels and dynamics involved, and the policy challenges faced with regard to conflict management/resolution and the options for peace. It also examines the role of oil as a commodity of global strategic significance, addressing the relationship between oil, energy security and development in the Niger Delta.
African Voices On Development And Social Justice
DOWNLOAD
Author : Firoze Manji
language : en
Publisher: Fahamu/Pambazuka
Release Date : 2005
African Voices On Development And Social Justice written by Firoze Manji and has been published by Fahamu/Pambazuka this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Business & Economics categories.
Pambazuka News (Pambazuka means arise or awaken in Kiswahili) is a tool for progressive social change in Africa. Pambazuka News offers a comprehensive weekly round-up of news on human rights, conflict, health, environment, social welfare, development, the internet, literature and arts in Africa. Pambazuka News is produced by Fahamu, an organization that uses information and communication technologies to serve the needs of organizations and social movements that aspire to progressive social change. -- from Pambazuka News web site.
Shell Shocked
DOWNLOAD
Author : Andrew Rowell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Shell Shocked written by Andrew Rowell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Nigeria categories.
When Communities Confront Corporations
DOWNLOAD
Author : Austin Onuoha
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
When Communities Confront Corporations written by Austin Onuoha and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
In April of 2005 Shell sought an injunction in a Dublin court against residents of Erris in northwestern Republic of Ireland who were obstructing the laying of pipelines across their lands. On June 29, 2005 the court convicted and jailed five people for failing to comply with the order of the High Court restraining them from interfering with Shell's project. When Communities Confront Corporations examines the issues and events that led to the incarceration of the Rossport Five and how it resonates with events in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It argues that conflicts between communities and corporations, though pervasive, do not appear to receive adequate scholarly attention. The book compares the altercations between Shell and the Erris communities in Ireland and the responses to these conflicts, with similar conflicts generated in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria by the presence of the oil giant. It challenges the so-called conspiracy theory, which is often associated with the oil company's operations in the Niger Delta and argues that the key difference between the two sets of conflicts and responses to them is the context.