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dc.contributor.authorEghweree, Ogheneruonah Charles
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-08T08:55:40Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-27
dc.description.abstractAs oil bearing country, the issue of development in Nigeria has been a complex one that has attracted attention of both the government and scholars because oil politics appears to shape resource management and the development process. While academic focus has been on the analysis of national development, there is a paucity of academic studies on the internal dynamics at the regional level that shape the development process. This study therefore aims to: “examine the effect of oil resources on Nigeria’s development and the South-South compared with the situation in the South-West”, with an explicit focus on the complex nexus between oil, politics and regional development in Nigeria. The thesis adopts both methodological and theoretical triangulation to generate data to test the main and supporting hypothesis adopted for the study: “the oil industry has had an adverse impact on the development of Nigeria, and, in particular, the Niger Delta region in which it is concentrated”. In so doing, it explores the failure of oil politics to mix effectively to engender both national and regional development; leading to a regional development disparity. The study concludes that oil wealth failed to fuel development in Nigeria but instead, led to leadership failure. This failure is particularly found to have given vent to the negative impact of oil wealth on elite behaviour that is shaped by corruption, made worse by a dis-functional federal system where those with links major ethnic groups, get resource allocation and development advantage. The study consequently recommends that elite induced oil politics and attendant corruption, be tackled to pave way for both national and regional development in Nigeria. The study also recommend replication of this study in a larger scale in other oil bearing developing nations to further explore the relationship between management of resource wealth and regional development.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipPartly sponsored by Delta State Govt, Nigeriaen_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/21911
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.rightsAll right reserved. Use of this thesis for academic purpose, must be duly acknowledged.en_GB
dc.subjectOil Politicsen_GB
dc.subjectRegional Development
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.subjectResource curse
dc.subjectElite theory
dc.titleOil, Politics and Regional Development In Nigeria: A Comparison of The South-South And The South-West Regionsen_GB
dc.typeThesis or dissertationen_GB
dc.date.available2016-06-08T08:55:40Z
dc.contributor.advisorRussel, Duncan John
dc.contributor.advisorKatz, Gabriel Wisel
dc.publisher.departmentPoliticsen_GB
dc.type.degreetitlePhD Politicsen_GB
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_GB
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_GB


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