1.0 Introduction Identifying and investigating the structures of community power remains one of the central challenges of community development theory and practice. Researchers have long sought to understand and measure the distribution of power in organizations‚ local communities‚ nations and around the world. Hence classical studies of community power tended to identify elitist (Hunter‚ 53; Mills‚ 56) or Pluralist (Dahl‚ 61; Truman‚ 51) structures. These studies were carried out using different
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KAGORO LOCATION: Kagoro is located on longitude 8o E and latitude 9o 60I N. It is bounded to the north by the Moro’ a‚ to the north east by the Takad and to the south by the Kaninkon and Fantsuwam‚ both in Jema’a Local Government‚ to the east by the imposing and magnificent Kagoro Hills which are an extension of the Jos Plateau‚ and to the west by the Bajju. Kagoro embraces an area of about 176km2 and supports a population of 200 ‚000 persons.
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Leading issues in General Studies: Humanities & Social Sciences‚ (Book of Reading for General Studies)‚ 2001. EFFECTS OF CULTURE-CONTACT ON THE CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN LIFE INTRODUCTION This Chapter attempts the review of various definitions of Culture. It also tries to bring out the common characteristics of culture in various definitions‚ which include being dynamic and transmittable from generation to generation. Factors that can influence culture in a particular society and how people can
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Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria 1. Does Shell bear some responsibility for the problems in the Ogoni region of Nigeria? I believe Shell is somewhat responsible for the problems. They seem to be taking advantage of a lower classed and less advanced country and its natural resources. If they had practiced better corporate responsibility then things would not have escalated as much. 2. What steps might Shell have taken to nip some of the protests against it in the butt‚ or even preempt
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Information and Communication Technology: Development Opportunities and the role of Youth SESAN‚ O. O. Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering‚ Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria. Published in This Day Newspaper; Vol. 7‚ No 2265‚ Page 25. Thursday‚ July 5‚ 2001. 1. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the convergence of microelectronics‚ computing and telecommunications. It has become a global phenomenon of
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Culture guides our thinking‚ being‚ and becomes a part of who we. Awareness of cultural diversity is important in all levels of nursing because as nurses we recognize the need for respect and acknowledgement of the entirety of all human beings‚ despite race‚ culture‚ ethnicity‚ religion and heritage. In today’s world contemporary health care setting includes both professionals and patients with diverse cultural and economic backgrounds. In such situations‚ professional nurses in order to provide
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The Political Economy Of Illegal Bunkering In Nigeria By Kòmbò Mason Braide (PhD) Port Harcourt‚ Nigeria Demonise & Diabolise: The Niger Delta has been a source of illicit international business deals (like the trans-Atlantic slave trade)‚ as far back as the 15th century. Today a new form of syndicated criminal proclivity is threatening the very foundations of Nigeria’s petroleum industry‚ and by extension‚ the Nigerian economy‚ as well as putting tremendous pressure on Chief (General) Olusegun
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Ayanna Camara AP English 12 Ms. Brilliant Summer Assignment A Quest for Love Americanah is a novel in which follows two characters‚ Ifemelu and Obinze as they fall in love in Nigeria and are then separated from one another due to their countries political situation. Nigeria‚ at the time‚ was under a military dictatorship. Due to this‚ a vast majority of the community wanted to escape the country and many did‚ including Ifemelu. As she was able to successfully enter America‚ Obinze was not able
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cyber crime is becoming one of the fastest growing-internet (fraudulent?)businesses in Nigeria (Aghatise‚ 2006). Numerous crimes are committed on daily basis on the internet with Nigerians at the forefront of sending fraudulent and bogus financial proposals all over the world (Longe & Chiemeke‚ 2008). According to a 2007 internet crime report released by the Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3)‚ Nigeria ranks third among cyber crime committing countries in the world. The report indicates that
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mainly because of the people in the conversation. Click to teach Gmail this conversation is not important. Globalization Impact Sherwood Management has decided to enter a new international geographic market‚ specifically Nigeria. Potential customers in Nigeria will be visiting your plant in the next month. 1. What are some strategies you can use to learn more about a non-U.S. culture? Increasingly today‚ people come into regular contact with individuals from different cultures and it ’s
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