Oil Companies and Host Community: A Probable Scenario for Reciprocal Empowerment

The paper is an incisive theoretical overview of the continuing conflict between oil companies and host communities in the Niger-Delta of Nigeria. It examine the contending issues around the substantive functions of oil companies and the latent consequences of environmental degradation which has rem...

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Published in:Journal of human ecology (Delhi) 2010-05, Vol.30 (2), p.131-142
Main Author: Jike, V. T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropological methodology
Class conflict
Conflict
Conflict Resolution
Depth interviews
Dispute settlement
Environmental Degradation
Ethnographic research
Holism
Host communities
Indigenous populations
Niger Delta
Nigeria
Oil companies
Participant observation
Peace
Peace Building
Petroleum industry
Poverty
Power relations
Reciprocity
Structural Functionalism
Synergy
Youth
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Summary:The paper is an incisive theoretical overview of the continuing conflict between oil companies and host communities in the Niger-Delta of Nigeria. It examine the contending issues around the substantive functions of oil companies and the latent consequences of environmental degradation which has remained a constant source of friction between oil companies and host communities. The paper adopts structural functionalism or holism as a theoretical model for understanding and creating a threshold for peace in the Niger Delta. The methodology adopted for this paper is rather crypt and largely ethnographic, involving long drawn interviews and non-participant observation of both oil workers and indigenes of the host community. Finally, the paper fosters synergy and recommends a scenario for reciprocal empowerment between oil companies and the host community in the Niger-Delta of Nigeria.
ISSN:0970-9274
2456-6608
DOI:10.1080/09709274.2010.11906282