Across the globe, from mega-cities to isolated resource enclaves, the provision and
governance of security takes place within assemblages that are de-territorialized in terms of …

The paper proposes that reports of pervasive competition and conflict over land in sub‐
Saharan Africa belie a current image of negotiable and adaptive customary systems of …

This study sets out to contribute to the lingering debate on the relationship between
corporate social responsibility (CSR) and community development using the Nigerian oil …

To date, most discussion of security privatization in international politics has been focused
on the role of private military companies and mercenaries. This article seeks to shift the …

" Despite the myth of marginality and irrelevance, Africa has always been inextricably linked
to the global stage and has long played an important-often-vital-role in international politics …

This paper explores the complex roots and dimensions of the Niger Delta conflict which has
escalated from ethnic minority protests against the federal Nigerian State-Oil Multinationals' …

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 …

This article examines the reform of regulatory frameworks that has taken place in Africa over
the last twenty years in light of the findings of a research project on the negotiation of mining …

This article traces one of the logics of the ongoing war in the Mano River region of West
Africa. It argues that, in the wake of humanitarian interventions in Sierra Leone, combatants …

This article explores the ramifications of the entry of Chinese state oil companies into the
volatile Niger Delta for the politics of local resistance in the region‐until recently, virtually the …