Unstable Socio-Economic Conditions and Violent Extremism: The Case of Nigeria

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dc.contributor.advisorEl-Kikhia, Mansour
dc.contributor.authorKandissounon, Jean Philippe Fawaz
dc.contributor.committeeMemberStefanova, Boyka
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCalder, James D.
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T14:41:58Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T14:41:58Z
dc.date.issued2023
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dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the connection between violent extremism and the socio-economic systems in West Africa, precisely, in Nigeria. For the past ten years, the country has experienced a significant surge of violence related to extremism, radical groups mainly, Boko Haram also known as Islamic State in West Africa has flourished and spread violence through terrorist attacks, raids, and kidnappings. Including evidence from books, research articles and previous studies, this thesis shows that Nigeria's poor socio-economic environment is at the root of the violence that the country is currently experiencing. For decades, Nigerian's leaders have led and implemented numerous policies that have weakened the economy and incidentally fractured the social connections between the people, thus creating a fertile ground for all sorts of radical groups and violence. This thesis also shows that while the country has an history of ethno- religious conflicts, and that radical groups assert to be reacting to an incursion of western ideologies, bad governance added to an endemic corruption for decades have kept the country in a constant state of poverty creating a decline in trust in government. Furthermore, this state-of-affairs have polarized the population through religion, thus facilitating the birth of the deadliest terrorist group the country has ever seen. Based on the literature and data exploited, this research confirm that poor socio-economic conditions are the causes of violent extremism in the case of Nigeria.
dc.description.departmentPolitical Science and Geography
dc.format.extent49 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn9798379575908
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/4206
dc.languageen
dc.subjectExtremism
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.subjectViolent extremism
dc.subjectSocio-economic systems
dc.subjectEndemic corruption
dc.subject.classificationPolitical science
dc.subject.classificationAfrican studies
dc.subject.classificationSocial structure
dc.titleUnstable Socio-Economic Conditions and Violent Extremism: The Case of Nigeria
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Science and Geography
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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