Youth Violence and Human Security in Nigeria

Kingsley Emeka Ezemenaka
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Kingsley Emeka Ezemenaka: African Studies, Department of Political Science, Philosophical Faculty of the University of Hradec Králové, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: The failures of governance and statehood in Nigeria breed an anarchical or disruptive system in the state and provide a platform for youth violence and justification for disruptive behaviour against the state systems and structures. Contributing to the available research, this study shifts its focus to understand and address the linkage of disruptive behaviour by studying and discussing Human Security through the lens of youth violence in Nigeria. In doing so, this study adopts a mixed method approach of quantitative and qualitative data with Ted Robert Gurr’s theory of relative deprivation to investigate, analyse and discuss the issues herein. From the findings, cultism and ethnic factors were identified as major causes of youth violence among others. Thus, effective institutions, quality education, economic and security regional or geopolitical zones programs is noted as a means to address youth violence in Nigeria.

Keywords: human security; security; youth violence; violence; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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