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Violence and National Development in Nigeria: The Political Economy of Youth Restiveness in the Niger Delta

One element in the contradictions underpinning Nigeria's development crisis is the marginalisation of the youth. This article examines the factors that influence youth restiveness in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. It discusses the impact of conservative elite politics and the oil-centric political economy characterised by the impoverishment, neglect and the repression of the oil-producing communities on the youth in the region. The article raises pertinent questions on the violence–development dialectic, drawing upon the context, dynamics, explanations and impact of youth violence in Nigeria's …

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	Review of African Political Economy
Date	2009-01-01
Type	article
Details	openalex authorships.countries:NG,primary topic.subfield.id:3320\|3321\|3308\|1202\|3303\|3312\|2002\|2000\|2003 + local /\bnige
Found at	https://doi.org/10.1080/03056240903346178
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Violence and National Development in Nigeria: The Political Economy of Youth Restiveness in the Niger Delta. OpenAlex research, 2009. Vero Archive, record openalex:W2055165976.