This book investigates the ways in which people in the Lake Chad region that divides Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon deal with the crises of violence, jihadism, drought, and climate change that continue to afflict the area. In 2014 Boko Haram expanded into the Lake Chad region, prompting a counter-insurgency response, and exacerbating pre-existing social and ecological challenges. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, this book investigates how people within the liminal space of this key border region respond to and navigate the unpredictability which typifies their day-to-day lives. Building up a picture of individual and community experiences of crisis, the book gradually demonstrates the complex interactions between economic circuits, political orders, socio-religious processes, and labour practices which operate in the region. This book will be of interest to researchers across African studies, security studies, political science, and border studies.
| ISBN: | 9781032155302 |
| Publication date: | 26th August 2024 |
| Author: | Alessio Iocchi |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa |
| Genres: |
Warfare and defence Religion and politics Terrorism, armed struggle Armed conflict Regional / International studies Development studies Comparative politics Development economics and emerging economies Public international law |
This book investigates the ways in which people in the Lake Chad region that divides Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon deal with the crises of violence, jihadism, drought, and climate change that continue to afflict the area. In 2014 Boko Haram expanded into the Lake Chad region, prompting a counter-insurgency response, and exacerbating pre-existing social and ecological challenges. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, this book investigates how people within the liminal space of this key border region respond to and navigate the unpredictability which typifies their day-to-day lives. Building up a picture of individual and community experiences of crisis, the book gradually demonstrates the complex interactions between economic circuits, political orders, socio-religious processes, and labour practices which operate in the region. This book will be of interest to researchers across African studies, security studies, political science, and border studies.
Living Through Crisis by Lake Chad features in the following genres: Warfare and defence, Religion and politics, Terrorism, armed struggle, Armed conflict, Regional / International studies, Development studies, Comparative politics, Development economics and emerging economies, Public international law
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Living Through Crisis by Lake Chad was written by Alessio Iocchi and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Living Through Crisis by Lake Chad has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa series
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