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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Civil disorders

Civil disorders

  • Social disorder
  • Riots
  • Civil unrest
  • Civil disturbances

Incidence

Civil unrest flared up in Nigeria in 1993, in an unprecedented civilian challenge to the military following the rejection of the presidential election results by the Nigerian military leader Ibrahim Babangida.

Broader

Social conflict
Presentable
Man-made disasters
Presentable

Narrower

Engaging in riot
Presentable
Civil violence
Presentable
Routs
Unpresentable
Mutiny
Unpresentable
Crimes committed during civil unrest
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Proliferation of weapons in civilian hands
Presentable
Political upheavals
Presentable
Human destructiveness
Unpresentable
Harm to innocent bystanders
Yet to rate
Aggressive stone throwing
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Social hardships of economic reform
Excellent
Famine
Excellent
Unethical practices by police forces
Presentable
Student revolt
Presentable
Police brutality
Presentable
Oppression
Presentable
Monotonous and unaesthetic architecture and design
Presentable
Lack of social discipline
Presentable
Inadequate working conditions
Presentable
Hyperinflation
Presentable
Environmental degradation of inner city areas
Presentable
Economic unrest
Presentable
Political unrest
Unpresentable
Demonstrations
Unpresentable
Unchecked village rowdiness
Yet to rate
Inadequacy of civil defence
Yet to rate
Counter revolution
Yet to rate

Reduced by

Excessive government control
Presentable

Related

Overthrow of government
Presentable
Offences against public order
Unpresentable
Inhumane methods of riot control
Unpresentable
Unlawful assembly
Yet to rate

Strategy

Quieting civil unrest
Yet to rate
Pacifying citizens
Yet to rate
Engaging in riots
Yet to rate
Controlling riots
Yet to rate

Value

Unsociable
Yet to rate
Unrest
Yet to rate
Riot
Yet to rate
Rights
Yet to rate
Order
Yet to rate
Disturbance
Yet to rate
Disorder
Yet to rate

Reference

Fogelson, Robert M: Violence As Protest: a study of riots and ghettos

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Defence » Resistance
  • Government » Civil
  • Government » Revolution
  • Society » Social
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    C2551
    DOCID
    11325510
    D7NID
    136928
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020