Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria

Herausgeber: Ako-Nai, Ronke I.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria is about how sex has played an important and decisive role in the place of women in Nigerian society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 747g
• ISBN-13: 9780739177785
• ISBN-10: 0739177788
• Artikelnr.: 36555258

Autorenporträt

Ronke Iyabowale Ako-Nai is Lecturer at the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: WESTERN FEMINIST THEORIES: HOW APPLICABLE TO AFRICA
R.I. Ako-Nai
SECTION A: WOMEN'S RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW
Chapter 2: AN OVERVIEW OF THE RIGHTS OF NIGERIAN WOMEN UNDER THE LAWS
Oluwafeyisayo Semiu Kuteyi
Chapter 3: WOMEN'S RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION: THE NIGERIAN
CIRCUMSTANCES
A.A. Idowu (PhD)
Chapter 4: 1999 CONSTITUTION AND GENDER ANALYSIS OF ELECTIVE AND APPOINTIVE
POSITIONS IN NIGERIA
Michael Abiodun Oni and Rachael Oluseye Iyanda
Chapter 5: AN APPRAISAL OF THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS UNDER NIGERIAN
LAWS
Mercy Onaodowan Erhun
Chapter 6: CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA
Adesina Coker, LL.M, MBA
Chapter 7: AN OVERVIEW OF LEGAL AND IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK OF NIGERIAN'S
NATIONAL GENDER POLICY
Benson Kunle Sehinde
SECTION B: SEXISM AND WOMEN MARGINALIZATION
Chapter 8: MASCULINITY IN GENDER RELATIONS:THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE AND
CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Adu Funmilayo Modupe
Chapter 9: INFLUENCE OF AGE, MARITAL STATUS AND ENVIRONMENT ON SEXISM IN
NIGERIA
Ogunleye J. Adedeji and Sulaiman O. Adebayo
Chapter 10: SEX, SEX-ROLE ORIENTATION, PERSONALITY AND SEXISM IN NIGERIA
Ogunleye J. Adedeji
SECTION C: POLICY AND GENDER PARTICIPATION
Chapter 11:GENDER AND PEACEBUILDING IN NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA REGION
Stephen A. Faleti
Chapter 12: WOMEN IN YORUBA INDIGENOUS POLITICS IN NIGERIA
I.O. Aransi
Chapter 13: DEMOCRACY AND GENDER PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA: A CASE
FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN POLITICS
I.D. David
Chapter 14: GENDER EQUALITY FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL
Ologunde, A. O.
Chapter 15: THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: A SUBLIME
FEMINIST ANALYSIS
Anthony M. Oladoyin
Chapter 16: AFRICAN WOMEN AND THE CHANGING NOTION OF SECURITY
Funso Adesola
SECTION D: FEMINISM AND SOCIAL MOVEMENT
Chapter 17: "UNKNOWN SOLDIER": WOMEN'S RADICALISM AND ACTIVISM AND STATE
VIOLENCE IN 20TH CENTURY NIGERIA
Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome
Chapter 18: WOMEN, GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENTS AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN NIGERIA
Iwebunor Okwechime and Akin Iwilade
Chapter 19: GENDER AND THE NIGER DELTA CRISES: THE CHALLENGE OF LOCAL
FEMINISMS
Mashood Omotosho
Chapter 20: GENDER, ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN NIGERIA'S
NIGER DELTA REGION
Iwebunor Okwechime and Akin Iwilade