The paper is an incisive theoretical overview of the continuing conflict between oil companies and host communities in the Niger-Delta of Nigeria. It examine the contending issues around the substantive functions of oil companies and the latent consequences of environmental degradation which has remained a constant source of friction between oil companies and host communities. The paper adopts structural functionalism or holism as a theoretical model for understanding and creating a threshold for peace in the Niger Delta. The methodology adopted for this paper is rather crypt and largely ethnographic, involving long drawn interviews and on-participant observation of both oil workers and indigenes of the host community. Finally, the paper fosters synergy and recommends a
scenario for reciprocal empowerment between oil companies and the host community in the Niger-Delta of Nigeria.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/oil-companies-and-host-community-probable-scenario-reciprocal-empowerment
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/v-t-jike
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-human-ecology
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/niger
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conflicts
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unemployment
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peace
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nigeria
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
