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Van Seumeren, Robin Abraham (2020)

Neocolonialism in Nigeria: The Case of Shell

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Despite decades of extensive oil extraction, the inhabitants of the Niger Delta remain very poor. This thesis addresses this issue by questioning the role that Shell plays in the Niger Delta. In order to do so, Shell is related to five common negative practices of multinational presence: not taking care of the environment, social conditions and labour rights as well as contributing to corruption and conflict. After explaining the wider system of neocolonialism that Nigerian people are subjected to, it is stated that Shell is an active player in this system. Shell is involved with all five practices and this phenomenon is explained by referring to dependency theory and world-system theory.

neocolonialism

Shell

Niger Delta

dependency

exploitation

Author

Van Seumeren, Robin Abraham

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Africa

Supervisors

Nkwi Gam, Walter

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en