Abstract
This paper examines the subtle influences that respectability and contingent action exert on the self imagination and social mobilisation of youth. Placing the analysis within the context of the politics of oil extraction in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, the paper uses field data to show how the temporalities of ageing currently shape re- spectability within Delta youthscapes and how provisionality serves as a central vehicle for social navigation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 751-757 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | The Extractive Industries and Society |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 22 Nov 2017 |
Keywords
- Niger Delta
- youth mobilisation
- oil politics
- respectability
- contingency
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Akin Iwilade
- School of Social and Political Science - Lectureships in African Studies and in International Develop
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