Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "Amusan, Lere"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Patriarchy, religion and women's political participation in Kwara State, Nigeria
Amusan, Lere; Saka, Luqman; Ahmed, Yusuf Babatunde (IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)This study examines the relationship between patriarchy and religion and how they impact on women's political participation in Kwara State. The Gender and Development (GAD) approach is employed to examine the impact of ... -
Politics of biopiracy: an adventure into hoodia/xhoba patenting in southern Africa
Amusan, Lere (African Networks Ethnomedicines, 2017)Background: Africa is being described as the wretched of the earth, despite this, the continent is endowed with natural resources, dynamic ecosystem, and different species of plants and animals, and species derivatives. ... -
Social sciences as imperialism: analysis of the global economic crisis of 2008 and development gaps in The Third World States
Amusan, Lere (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University : Department of Information Technologies, 2016)Every theory is meant to satisfy a purpose. This is germane in social sciences where globalised theories are, in most cases environmentally determined. Theorists in social sciences in their attempts to globalise their ... -
Sovereign wealth fund and fiscal federalism in Nigeria (2011-14): an assessment of contending issues
Amusan, Lere; Saka, Luqman; Omede, Adedoyin Jolade (Taylor & Francis, 2017)After more than half a century as a leading oil-producing nation in Africa, Nigeria followed the footsteps of most natural resources rich countries (particularly crude-oil) by establishing the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). ... -
Spoils and meritocracy: post-apartheid challenges in the South African public service
Amusan, Lere (South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM), 2016)The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa calls for equality for every citizen in the country. However, 22 years into democracy, there are perceived injustices in the public service at all levels of government. This ... -
The challenges of democratisation in Africa: evidence and the way forward for Nigeria
Amusan, Lere; Jegede, Ademola; Saka, Luqman (Biga Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences: Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 2017)Democracy is perhaps the most popular political norm in modern discourse. For most sovereign states in Africa however, democratisation and its challenges have for long remained daunting. Even though described as 'false ... -
The psychological trauma inflicted by Boko Haram insurgancy in the North Eastern Nigeria
Amusan, Lere; Ejoke, Ufuoma Patience (Elsevier, 2017)Divergent views emerge on the rationale behind Boko Haram Islamic insurgency in Nigeria. Some see it as an attempt to Islamise the secular Nigerian state, while some believe it to be an attempt to change the status quo in ... -
The quest for hegemony and the future of African solutions to African development problems: lessons from headways in the African security sector
Amusan, Lere; Oyewole, Samuel (Sage, 2017)The problems of African development and integration with the world of globalisation have continued to attract concern in the policymaking cycle and the academic world, within and beyond the shores of the continent. Ever ... -
Women as agents of development: an assessment of Modimola Village in the North West Province of South Africa through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)
Amusan, Lere; Manka, Sheila Ngoh (IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2016)Women were, in the past, perceived as instruments of development in Africa. This is concretised by the religious roles accorded to them as a gender that can only play a supportive role for men in their communities. They ...