Punctuated peace? Post-conflict stabilization, peacebuilding and transformational change in Nigeria’s oil region

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dc.contributor.authorOkoi, Obasesam
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeSibanda, Eliakim (University of Winnipeg)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeLi, Fabiana (Anthropology)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeIdemudia, Uwafiokun (York University)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeWatts, Michael (University of California, Berkeley)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorTuso, Hamdesa (Peace and Conflict Studies)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-30T20:13:29Z
dc.date.available2019-08-30T20:13:29Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-29en_US
dc.date.submitted2019-07-29T19:15:40Zen
dc.degree.disciplinePeace and Conflict Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the experiences and perceptions of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and post-conflict peacebuilding processes in Nigeria’s oil region by obtaining quantitative results from surveying a sample of 396 ex-insurgents and non-insurgents and then following up with 45 purposefully selected informants to explore these results by in-depth interviews. The study was designed to fulfil three main objectives. The first objective was to evaluate post-conflict transformations in the oil region following the material investment in DDR and peacebuilding processes. The second objective was to explore the state of peace in the oil region by identifying significant relationships between DDR interventions and changes in the attitudes and behaviours of conflict actors as well as changes in the conflict trend. The third objective was to explore the theoretical and practical implications of the peacebuilding program with regards to the nature of peace in the oil region. This study found that post-conflict peacebuilding produced change at the cultural, intrapersonal, structural, and interpersonal levels, which formed the basis for the development of the CISI model of Conflict Transformation. Secondly, post-conflict transformations in the oil region were mechanistically determined, and in tension with communitarian perspectives, which sees change as an ecological process. Thirdly, the incentives built into the peace process created new expectations in the oil region, reinforced by a confluence of programmatic and political factors that affect the opportunities individuals can generate for themselves, and how this creates the condition for instability. Finally, this research lays out four typologies of peace and develops a theoretical understanding of the nature of peace as punctuated peace. My analysis points to the conclusion that post-conflict transformations in the oil region and the nature of peace are derived not from the absence of hostilities but the dynamics which manifest in peacebuilding processes.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2019en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/34115
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectConflict Transformationen_US
dc.subjectDisarmament, Demobilization, Reintegrationen_US
dc.subjectNiger Deltaen_US
dc.subjectPeace and Conflict Studiesen_US
dc.subjectPeacebuildingen_US
dc.subjectSustainable Peaceen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectSecurity Stabilizationen_US
dc.subjectConflit Resolutionen_US
dc.titlePunctuated peace? Post-conflict stabilization, peacebuilding and transformational change in Nigeria’s oil regionen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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