When corporate citizens 'second-class' national citizens: The antinomies of corporate-mediated social provisioning in Nigeria's oil province

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-118

  Akpan, Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corporate citizenship; Niger Delta, Nigeria; Petroleum; Social citizenship; Social provisioning

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CITIZENSHIP; CLASS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; PETROLEUM; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 60149093218     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589000802576715     Document Type: Article

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