Authors: Chris C. Ojukwu and C. A. Onifade
African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Vol. 4(5), pp. 173-180, May 2010
Abstract
The thrust of the paper is to critically examine how the concept of social capital can be a useful tool in the building and advancement of peace, community trust, cooperation and access to justice in conflict-torn
environments like Nigeria; that is, social capital to serve as a mechanism to mediate and/or moderate the inter- and intra-communal conflicts and enhance the capacity of the Nigerian state to pursue and promote non-repressive and accommodative policies of inter-intra ethnic equity and reciprocity.