Making Sense of the Boko Haram Insurgency from a Historical Materialist Perspective

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dc.contributor.advisor Bozkurt, Umut
dc.contributor.author Mordi, Kenechukwu Martha Isioma
dc.date.accessioned 2020-08-20T11:04:21Z
dc.date.available 2020-08-20T11:04:21Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.date.submitted 2016
dc.identifier.citation Mordi, Kenechukwu Martha Isioma. (2016). Making Sense of the Boko Haram Insurgency from a Historical Materialist Perspective. Thesis (M.A.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of International Relations, Famagusta: North Cyprus. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11129/4488
dc.description Master of Arts in International Relations. Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of International Relations, 2016. Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Umut Bozkurt. en_US
dc.description.abstract Since the end of colonialism and the dawn of its independence on October 1, 1960, independent Nigeria has continued to be characterized with the existence of violent and militarized conflicts. The high point of this phenomenon was the emergence of Boko Haram in 2002 which was accompanied with a number of violent attacks and loss of hundreds of lives. Boko Haram is against western education and western induced policies and its attacks targeted both Christians and Muslims. This unending violence and attacks have gained the focus and interest of scholars who tried to explain the rise of Boko Haram by referring to different factors. One of the widespread explanations focuses on the failure of good governance in Nigeria. Good governance entails accountability of government, a clear legal framework embracing the rule of law, citizen access to reliable information and transparent, open government which includes an end to corruption. This thesis discusses the shortcomings of such a framework that explains the dynamics of the Boko Haram insurgency in terms of the failure of good governance. It employs an alternative theoretical framework by drawing on critical terrorism studies and in specific a historical materialist approach to terrorism. en_US
dc.description.abstract ÖZ: Sömürgeciliğin sona ermesi ve 1 Ekim 1960 Nijerya'nın bağımsızlığını kazanmasından itibaren, bağımsız Nijerya devleti şiddet ve askeri çatışmaya maruz kalmaya devam etmiştir. Bunun en önemli nedeni 2002 yılında ortaya çıkan ve batı eğitimi ve batı eğilimi olan politikaları destekleyen Hristiyan ve Müslümanları hedef alan ve yüzlerce saldırı düzenleyen Boko Haram’dır. Bu bitmeyen şiddet ve saldırılar, farklı faktörlere atıfta bulunarak Boko Haram’ın yükselişini anlatmaya çalışan birçok bilim adamını etkilemiştir. En yaygın açıklamalardan biri Nijerya'da iyi yönetişimin başarısız olduğu ile ilgilidir. İyi yönetişim hükümetin hesap verilir olmasına, hukukun üstünlüğünü kucaklayan açık bir yasal çerçeveye, vatandaşın erişebileceği güvenilir ve şeffaf bilgilere ve yolsuzluğa son veren bir hükümete dayanmaktadır. Bu tez Boko Haram’ın arkasında yatan dinamikleri açıklayan iyi yönetişimin başarısızlıklarını ve eksikliklerini tartışmaktadır. Ayrıca eleştirel terör çalışmaları ve terörle ilgili tarihsel materyalist yaklaşımlara odaklanarak alternatif bir teori kullanılmıştır. en_US
dc.language.iso eng en_US
dc.publisher Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ) en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.subject Nigeria--Politics and government en_US
dc.subject Terrorist organizations--Nigeria en_US
dc.subject Terrorism - Prevention--Government policy--Nigeria en_US
dc.subject Terrorist organizations Boko Haram--Nigeria Nigeria en_US
dc.subject Nigeria--Terrorism--Boko Haram en_US
dc.subject Boko Haram en_US
dc.subject Good Governance en_US
dc.subject Historical Materialism en_US
dc.subject Poverty en_US
dc.subject Structural Adjustment Policies en_US
dc.subject Political Science and International Relations en_US
dc.title Making Sense of the Boko Haram Insurgency from a Historical Materialist Perspective en_US
dc.type masterThesis en_US
dc.contributor.department Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of International Relations en_US


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