Overview
- Presents a holistic approach to understanding Nigeria's antiterrorism policies
- Identifies policy gaps in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria and offers a potential framework for solving some of the problems
- Offers a highly detailed analysis of NACTEST, the umbrella policy framework that guides Nigeria’s counter terrorist strategies
Part of the book series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (AAESPD)
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About the authors
Sultan Khan is an Associate Professor in Sociology in the School of Sociology, University of KwaZulu-Natal. His research interestis in the field of social change, social issues, urban sociology, social policy, development and social dynamics. He is a National Research Foundation C2 rated researcher and has been the top thirty researcher in 2014. He has participated in various local, national and international research projects with the most recent being on Safe and Inclusive Cities – Reducing Urban Violence, Poverty and Inequalities in collaboration with Brazil and India. He holds professional membership with the South African Sociological Association, International Sociological Association and the Health Services Professions Council of South Africa. Currently he serves as Regional Editor of the Journal South African Review of Sociology. For the past ten years and to date he has been serving as the Chairperson of the Development Working Group with the South African Sociological Association.
Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi is a Doctoral candidate with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, his interests are located within the broader spectrum of counter-terrorism in Africa and politics of federalism, power sharing and national integration, public administration and policy. He has presented in local and international conferences. He is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Boko Haram’s Terrorism and the Nigerian State
Book Subtitle: Federalism, Politics and Policies
Authors: Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi, Sultan Khan, Adeoye O. Akinola
Series Title: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05737-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05736-7Published: 21 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05737-4Published: 08 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2198-7262
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 157
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Politics, Terrorism and Political Violence, Conflict Studies