On the Crisis of Boko Haram Terrorism by Sogo Angel Olofinbiyi - 9781032494418

On the Crisis of Boko Haram TerrorismCauses and Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Sogo Angel Olofinbiyi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032494418, 978-1032494418\nSynopsis\nThe book provides a pentapartite theoretical analysis of socio-economic factors as the grand basis for the evolution of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. It describes the terrorism as a by-product of unresolved conflict emanating from unequal hegemonic power exchange with respect to the non-fulfillment of socio-economic goals between the political state and the citizenry.\n\nRather than follow the popular notion of religion as the root cause of the Boko Haram crisis, the book widens its scope to cover terrorism as a whole with a view to laying a more viable foundation for its readers to understand the concept of terrorism, provoking causes and perspectives, as well as influential factors that may interplay to sustain extremist terrorism in contemporar.