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Labour Unrest And Underdevelopment In Nigeria: An Appraisal Of 2000-2013
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1.5 Significance of the Study
Essentially,
every research is a quantum of knowledge; this study will therefore be
of a theoretical significance to future researchers as it is going to
enclose the identified questions. Also, it is going to add to the
existing body of literature as it tends to extend the frontier of
knowledge. The study will definitely put the icing on the case already
existing literature of labour unrest and underdevelopment in Nigeria.
Thus
its importance lies in the very fact that labour unrest is currently a
prevailing cancaworm and it is very spontaneous and topical. However
this work will in the long run guide the Government in the quest to
quell further problems associated with labour unrest and
underdevelopment in Nigeria in the nearest future.
1.6 Theoretical Framework
The
relative deprivation frustration aggression theory will stand as the
theoretical framework of this study Dollard (1939) postulates that the
primary source of the human capacity for violence appears to be
frustration aggression mechanism.
Thus according to him, anger
induced by frustration is a motivating force that disposes man to
aggression. Frustration is an interference with goal directed behavior.
According to Gurr, “Relative Deprivation is a perceived discrepancy between relative deprivation and their value capabilitiesâ€.
Value
expectations are the goods and conditions of life to which people
believe they are rightfully entitled. Value capabilities are goals and
conditions they think they are capable of attaining and maintaining
given the social means available to them. Gurr also suggests some
variables that affect the intensity of emotional respond to the
perception of deprivation.
The first proposition is that the greater
the extent of discrepancy the man sees between what they seek and what
seems to be attainable, the greater their anger and consequence
disposition to aggression.
The second proposition relates to
oppositions “men who feel they have many ways to attain their pals are
less likely to become angry when one is blocked than those who have very
few alternatives.
The third general proposition is that the greater
the intensity of men’s expectations, the greater their anger when they
meet unexpected or increased resistance.
Gurr further states four
(4) intervening variables in his quest to expatiate the Relative
deprivation frustration model. Thus the legitimacy of the political
regime in which violence occurs, coercive potential institutionalization
and social structures which may condition the perception of
deprivation.
However, in a related manner, James Davies attributed
violent outbreak to the frustration that result from short term decline
in achievement following a long term increase that generate expectation
about continuing increase. Basically, a person thwarted in the attempt
to reach a goal is made angry and likely to protest against the imputed
sources of frustration.
Dowse and Hughes observes in social life,
men comes to value many things, status, power, security, equality,
freedom, wealth etc when they cannot achieve those values means loosing
another, angry, dissatisfaction and in the cases aggression occur, Mayer
(1976) argued in support that the normal tendency towards violence
aggression or dispute is increasingly frustration desire. To him, when a
goal presumably attractive two or more individuals is made available in
such a way that it can be
obtained looser. Those frustrate actors
in political system can become sponsors of things kidnapers or even
cause political, economic or even labour unrest in the country.
Davies
(1973) postulates that aggressive action required four (4) main steps
namely: activation of demand, frustration of demand mental process of
deciding how to overcome.
Thus it is important to note that various
individuals or groups involved in political, religious or even labour
unrest such as the Nigeria labour congress, (NLC), trade union congress
(TUC), academic staff union of universities (ASUU) etc engage in
peaceful protest and subsequent strike because they perceive a sense of
injustice on the part of the Government from its policies.
This is
often due to the fact their needs are not properly met, and as a result
of this, they stoop to strike and protest which could induce violence
from some individuals and the Government of the day sees it as a
rebellious act, hence the lost of popular consensus and legitimacy
thereby causing loss of life and property and starvation in the country.
Accordingly Kerlinger (1977) a theory is a set of interrelated
constructs propositions and concepts that presents a systematic view of
phenomenon by specifying relations among variables with the purpose of
explaining and predicting the phenomena. Thus having said these, among
all the theory and paradigms drafted by various school of thoughts over
the years, the focus therefore is on the labour unrest and
underdevelopment, its impact and effects on the countries economy.
1.7 Hypotheses
In
accordance with the research questions and founded on empirical
verification deduced from the research study hypotheses thus:
i. Public policies are responsible for labour unrest in Nigeria.
ii. Underdevelopment appears to be a correspondence of labour unrest in Nigeria.
iii. Dialogue and collective bargaining seem to be a veritiable alternative to labour unrest in Nigeria
1.8 Methods of Data Collection and Analysis
The
method of data collection used in this research study is the secondary
source which is also known as documentation due to the spontaneous
nature of the issue under investigation. We gathered information from
library, textbooks, articles, magazine, journals, internet services and
printout etc which are relevant to the study.
The framework of
content analysis is what we adopted due to the fact that it will aid us
in giving better appreciable acknowledgment to the study and make us
knowledgeably acquainted to the subject under analysis.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]One of the major impediments to development in Nigeria is labour unrest. This is given the fact that no Nation can develop without human resource because they constitute and play very significant role in Nation building and development. The Nigerian case has been so pervasive that labour unrest extends to every situation when the Government takes major public policy decision that seems to affect the labour union and generally the masses without due consultation of labour statement; especially th ... Continue reading---
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