Acronyms . . ix
Series Editor's Foreword . . xii
Foreword . . xiii
Preface . . xv
Map . . xxvi

INTRODUCTION . . 3
Ch. 1 Why the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria Matters . . 3

Part I: CULTURE, GENDER, AND THE ENVIRONMENT . . 25
Ch. 2 Oil and Cultural Crisis: The Case of the Niger Delta . . 27
Ch. 3 Women and the Niger Delta Question . . 39
Ch. 4 Environmental Justice, Democracy, and the Inevitability of Cultural Change in Nigeria: A Critical Analysis of the Niger Delta Dilemma . . 51

Part II: GOVERNANCE . . 65
Ch. 5 Minorities and Resource Allocation in a Transitional State: The Nigerian Experience . . 67
Ch. 6 Notes from the Field: Challenges to Democratic Elections in Nigeria . . 85
Ch. 7 The Role of Leadership in Promoting Successful Dialogue in a Fragile State: Contextualizing the Yar'Adua-Jonathan Administration in the Niger Delta . . 95

Part III: DEVELOPMENT . . 111
Ch. 8 'Agony in the Garden': Incongruity of Governance and the Travails of Port Harcourt City, Niger Delta, Nigeria, 1912-2010 . . 113
Ch. 9 Charting Pathways to Development in the Riverine Areas of the Niger Delta Region . . 129
Ch. 10 Moving Beyond Ideological Approaches to the Crises of the Niger Delta . . 143
Ch. 11 From Operation Law and Order to Operation Restore Hope: Human Security Crisis in the Niger Delta . . 169
Ch. 12 Re-Framing the Public Sphere Through Community-Based Resistance: The Role of the Media and Civil Society in a Fragile State . . 185

Part IV: SECURITY AND THE AMNESTY PROGRAMME . . 205
Ch. 13 Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Proliferation and Instability in the Niger Delta: An Analysis of the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDK) Process . . 207
Ch. 14 Armed Militancy in the Niger Delta: Quintessential Play-Off of Sub-Regional Economic Disparities . . 221
Ch. 15 The Amnesty Programme and the Future of the Niger Delta: An Overview of the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) Strategy for Sustainable Peace . . 237
Ch. 16 Amnesty and Peace-Building in the Niger Delta: Addressing the Frustration-Aggression Trap . . 251
Ch. 17 The Niger Delta Amnesty Programme: What Manner of Peace Deal? . . 271

CONCLUSION
Why "New Civilizing Arrangements" Are Required for the Restoration of Paradise . . 287

About the Editors . . 297
Index . . 299