Punctuated Peace in Nigeria’s Oil Region

Obasesam Okoi is Assistant Professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St Thomas, USA.

• 1. Introduction: The Peacebuilding Universe in Nigeria’s Oil Region.- Part 1: The Transition from Conflict to Peace.- 2. Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding.- 3. Measuring Success in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Processes.- 4. Empowerment and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding.- Part 2: The Collapse and Revival of the Niger Delta Peace Process.- 5. The Changing Landscape of Oil Insurgency.- 6. The Emergence of a Peace Economy.- Part 3:   Conceptualizing and Theorizing Peace.- 7. Conceptions of Peace in the Niger Delta.- 8. Towards a Theory of Punctuated Peace.- 9. Pathways to Positive Peacebuilding.