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Adaptation in an era of vanishing territory – the political economy of the impact of clime change versus total migration, status of statehood and refugees in Africa
Amusan, Samuel Olalere (Business Perspectives, 2014)Mass migration as a way of adapting to climate change impact is not new. However, the total migration of a permanent population from a defined territory as a coping response to the impact of climate change is only emerging. ... -
Addressing climate change in Southern Africa: any role for South Africa in the Post-Paris Agreement?
Amusan, Lere; Olutola, Oluwole (Sage, 2016)Climate change is a global challenge. Its ramifying effects on both natural and human systems cut across different regions of the world. While Africa as a whole is being confirmed to be more affected by climate change due ... -
An assessment of socio-cultural aspect of large scale food production policies and politics in Africa
Amusan, Lere; Setlalentoa, Marilyn (Center Transylvanian Studies, 2017)Africa was identified as a food basket at the turn of the 21st century. This led to land grabbing in the continent in a bid to ensure "global food security"/food sovereignty. From a liberal theoretical perspective, Africa ... -
Between fancy and fantasy: Nigeria's journey to industrialized state status in the post–COP 19 era of climate change
Amusan, Samuel Olalere (Medwell Publishing, 2014)By 2020, Nigeria hopes to be one of the most industrialised countries in the international system as if Rome was built in a day. Corruption, the politics of delay by domestic and international contractors, kick backs by ... -
Between fantacy and fancy: Nigeria's mirage journey to industrialised state status in the post-COP19 era of climate change
Amusan, Samuel Olalere (Business perspectives publishing company, 2014)By 2020, Nigeria hopes to be one of the most industrialised countries in the international system as if Rome was built in a day. Corruption, the politics of delay by domestic and international contractors, kick backs by ... -
Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria : a reflection on the failure of democratic containment
Amusan, Samuel Olalere; Oyewole, Samuel (UNISA Press, 2014)Democracy is a system of government greatly supported by the vast majority of Nigerians and they are willing to sustain it. It is believed that the system guarantees security and promotes prosperity. It is considered a ... -
Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria: A reflection on the failure of democratic containment
Amusan, Samuel Olalere; Oyewole, Samuel (Sabinet SA ePublications, 2014)Democracy is a system of government greatly supported by the vast majority of Nigerians and they are willing to sustain it. It is believed that the system guarantees security and promotes prosperity. It is considered a ... -
Climate change and sustainable tourism: South Africa caught in-between
Amusan, L.; Olutola, O. (AJHTL, 2017)Climate change and tourism are symbolically two-sides of a coin. While climate change portends serious threats to ecosystems and biodiversity (the world's foremost tourism assets), environmental impacts associated with ... -
Climate change, complex interdependence and development: assessment of Lesotho-South Africa relations
Amusan, Lere; Olutola, Oluwole (Business Perspectives, 2015)Climate change and its negative effects on the developing states are a reality of which there is a need to focus on likely mitigation and adaptive strategies to ensure sustainable development. Industrial development back ... -
Conceptualising Afrocentric-feminism and social constructivism through Alma Ata Declaration (primary health care, PHC) in rural Nigeria
Amusan, Lere; Akokuwebe, Monica Ewomazino (IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2016)Christian and Islamic scriptures reduced women to a second class in any society. They are subjected to helper and relegated to house chores. In some societies, roles of ritual-making and administration are accorded them, ... -
Conceptualizing innovation management development through organizational learning in the public service: any lessons for developing states?
Amusan, Lere; Oyekunle, Oluwayemisi Adebola (Business Perspectives, 2016)The present economic realities, the effects of globalization, the thirst for innovation and the public's demand for improved services have led many developing states to review their approaches to service delivery. Most ... -
Contextualising African women's empowerment in agriculture: challenges from climate change and mineral extraction perspectives
Amusan, Lere; Olutola, Oluwole (Digital Commons, 2017)Most cultures in Africa view women's role as subordinate to that of men. The patriarchal nature of human and social systems that are more or less an enduring feature of a typical African society, dictates that women are ... -
Crisis of decision-making and policy implementation in South Africa's foreign policy : reflection on two decades journey in the wilderness
Amusan, Samuel Olalere (Sabinet, 2014)Decision-making in any democratic society is complex, cumbersome and tasking when it involves public policy in a new state. Actors involved in policy-making are numerous and in some cases, difficult to discern in complex ... -
Edia discourse on women and political participation in Nigeria in the context of feminist theory: an assessment
Saka, Luqman; Amusan, Lere; Aluko, Opeyemi (IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)Discourse on women and the discrimination that they suffer in social relations continue to animate discussion about the roles and place of women across societies especially in Africa. It is within the context of the discourse ... -
Employees' attitudes towards innovation in workplace: an examination of the impacts of new technology on multinational corporations (MNCs)
Amusan, L.; Ajibola, K.S. (African Consortium of Public Administration (ACPA), 2017)Most scholars hold the view that organisations cannot survive in the ever changing and turbulent environment in which they operate without human resource. The reason being that employees' attitudes can have adverse effects ... -
Evaluating the gender content of the amnesty programme in the Niger Delta of Nigeria : any concern for the socio-economic development of women?
Amusan, Samuel Olalere (Ife Psychologia, 2014)Palliative measures to the crisis in the Niger Delta are worrisome. Issue of gender was not addressed when conceptualising the strategic political and economic stability in the Creek areas. The masculine approach to the ... -
Evaluating the gender content of the Amnesty Programme in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: Any concern for the socio–economic development of women?
Amusan, Samuel Olalere (PROQUEST, 2014)Palliative measures to the crisis in the Niger Delta are worrisome. Issue of gender was not addressed when conceptualising the strategic political and economic stability in the Creek areas. The masculine ... -
Extremist ideology, political violence and women access to education in Africa: insights from North-East Nigeria
Amusan, Lere; Saka, Luqman (IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)The outbreak of violence has always generates untoward consequences for the education sector, impacting negatively on safety of learning environment, security of teachers and students alike. Underscoring the linkage between ... -
Marsupial babies in the midst of plenty: America's dominance by design in the Gulf of Guinea
Amusan, Lere (Kamla-Raj, 2016)The leitmotif of the United States of America (US) in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) is to have total control of fossil fuel in the region. In doing so, it has established the Africa Command (Africom) to replace the three ... -
Paris agreement (PA) on climate change and South Africa's coal-energy complex: issues at stake
Amusan, Lere; Olutola, Oluwole (Taylor & Francis, 2017)After two decades of unduly prolonged negotiations that characterized the Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings, the international system only recently witnessed a substantive globally acceptable climate regime, the ...